Department of Fisheries

Media Releases

Media Releases for 2004

 

 December 2004
How are our fish faring? 20 December 2004
Short Season for Marron 16 December 2004
Researchers fix aquaculture bottleneck 2 December 2004
Rock lobsters go backpacking for science 2 December 2004
 November 2004
Commercial and recreational Western rock lobster season opens next week 12 November 2004
Interim ban on pink snapper fishing in Cockburn Sound to protect breeding stocks 10 November 2004
Mobile patrols gear up for busy fishing season 5 November 2004
Caution urged ahead of West Coast abalone season 4 November 2004
 October 2004
Wanted – dhufish and pink snappper frames 18 October 2004
Fishermen to discuss Western Rock Lobster Management Paper 15 October 2004
Free Fisheries forum to answer common management questions 12 October 2004
 September 2004
Sustainability rules as abalone season approaches 24 September 2004
Disease risk averted in WA by Fisheries aquaculture protocols 23 September 2004
Getting about with trout 20 September 2004
Cockburn snapper spawning closure 13 September 2004
 August 2004
Seeking volunteers for fish spawning study 30 August 2004
Touting the trout 26 August 2004
National translocation plan to put Aquaculture policies on the table 25 August 2004
Recreational fishing in the Pilbara/Kimberley – have your say 18 August 2004
Recreational fishing on the South Coast – have your say 11 August 2004
 July 2004
New management measures being considered to address shark finning concerns in WA’s tropical shark fisheries 27 July 2004
Discussion paper to address Government concerns for conservation of State’s dusky shark stocks 27 July 2004
Fisheries opposes calls to destroy sharks 13 July 2004
Fisheries Mobile Patrols make a difference in the North-West 6 July 2004
 June 2004
Research and the Reel World - Free seminar 28 June 2004
Snapper tagging triumph in Shark Bay 26 June 2004
Happy ending for WA rock lobster season 25 June 2004
Perth man loses boat for taking crays 3 June 2004
 May 2004
Bunbury man fined for selling fish for free meal 20 May 2004
Abalone zone closures for recreational fishers 12 May 2004
 April 2004
Powerful reminder for fishers at Easter 8 April 2004
Crackdown on northern recreational fisheries 7 April 2004
 March 2004
Fisheries guide to improve seafood quality 30 March 2004
Join in the fun as VFLOs celebrate 10 years 18 March 2004
Perth men face $25,000 in finfish fines 15 March 2004
Star Eagle to join Seadragon Festival celebrations 15 March 2004
Annual coral spawning starting soon 9 March 2004
Fillet fines for fish offender 9 March 2004
Wanted: Volunteers to go fishing in Shark Bay 5 March 2004
 February 2004
Restaurateur guilty of stashing illegal abalone 27 February 2004
Comment sought on Blackwood 24 February 2004
Marron "plague" strikes 11 February 2004
Good end to marron season 6 February 2004
Freycinet Estuary pink snapper tag lottery opens 2 February 2004
 January 2004
Changes to rock lobster size limit 30 January 2004
Report to help guide conservation at Abrolhos 22 January 2004
Short season to snare Marron 19 January 2004
Dhufish duo fined almost $15,000 19 January 2004
Extra patrol presence on South Coast 14 January 2004
Environmental factors lead to Argyle fish kill 13 January 2004
Reminder on later marron season opening 8 January 2004

 

  Top  
Fish for the Future