Fishing and Aquaculture Industry

A study last year identified a sardine population stretching from NSW's south coast to Tasmania could rival the biggest fishery in Australia — and there's a push to make use of it.

The Northern Territory is famous for its fishing, but one iconic species is under threat. The government says tough decisions will need to be made.

The industry is worried it is taking too many crays out of Western Australia waters and wants recreational fishers to do their bit too, but scientists say they are not concerned.

Licensed recreational abalone fishers will be able to take the molluscs as far north as Geraldton this year for the first time since a mass mortality event in 2011.

Tilapia is a biosecurity nightmare in Australia but popular on many menus overseas. Some in the fishing industry think if you catch the pest fish in Queensland you should be able to eat it.

Some South Australian fishers are worried recreational catches are skewing the data on fish stocks, as amateurs aren't subject to the same regulations.

Australia's largest supplier of Sydney rock oysters is one of two producers targeted by thieves.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese heads to Tasmania to announce $28 million to improve water quality in Macquarie Harbour — the last known refuge of the endangered Maugean skate.

Aquaculturalists fear a desalination plant that could be built near WA's largest hatchery in the Great Southern would have a substantial impact on oyster production and the surrounding environment.

The planning process for a new 1.3-million-hectare marine park off WA's coast has been divisive, angering fishers but exciting supporters with the prospect of new tourism and job opportunities and improved protections for marine species. 

A decade-long plan to build the world's largest prawn farm on a remote NT cattle station has finally ended after the Federal Court ordered the company to be liquidated.

Urs Buhlman set out to capture the rugged process commercial fishers go through to put food on our plates and found a proud industry with a future under threat.

Shareholder activists have failed in their bid to stop Woolworths sourcing farmed salmon from a Tasmanian harbour that is home to an endangered marine species.

Using underwater endoscopes, researchers have already discreetly filmed the freshwater cod taking refuge in several of the new purpose-built habitats.

A decision on whether to increase the threatened species listing of the Maugean skate, which shares its habitat with salmon-farming operations, won't be made until after next year's federal election.

At the meeting between 26 member countries, proposals to establish new marine protected areas and revise catch limits for krill are rejected, while existing krill management measures are rolled back. Australia says it's a "backwards step", putting the Antarctic ecosystem at risk. 

Environmentalists have raised concerns after new data showed about 10 per cent of salmon farmed in Tasmania's Macquarie Harbour died during the process.

A Labor election policy aimed at growing recreational fishing tourism will spell the end to the historic Fraser Coast fishing industry, commercial fishers say.

An angler's close encounter with a 4-metre shark near the popular tourist town of Exmouth in Western Australia creates a flurry of excitement online.

Sawfish have a shark-like body behind an extended nose resembling a saw. A study collecting fishers' knowledge hopes to discover more about the endangered species.