‘You can’t just have people shooting and killing animals and asking questions later’

‘You can’t just have people shooting and killing animals and asking questions later’

The killing of a protected species of groper off North Stradbroke Island is being investigated,with three men urged to turn themselves in.

  • byCourtney Kruk

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Biologist reels in ‘world’s longest goldfish’ from suburban lake in Perth

Biologist reels in ‘world’s longest goldfish’ from suburban lake in Perth

The feral fish was more than half a metre long and five centimetres longer than the current Guinness world record holder caught 20 years ago.

  • bySarah Brookes
Insect apocalypse:Call to restrict pesticide ‘more toxic than DDT’

Insect apocalypse:Call to restrict pesticide ‘more toxic than DDT’

“Within the developed world,Australia would appear to be at the tail end of the queue to do something about neonic pesticides.”

  • byTim Barlass
The Bounder taught fly-fishing to the rich and famous

The Bounder taught fly-fishing to the rich and famous

Michael Daunt taught Eric Clapton,Guy Ritchie and Ronnie Corbett the delicate skill of fly casting.

Four fishermen rescued after boat capsizes off WA coast

Four fishermen rescued after boat capsizes off WA coast

Four fishermen are lucky to be alive after their boat capsized off the Western Australia coast on Saturday.

Shark fishing to be banned at all Perth beaches to make swimming safer

Shark fishing to be banned at all Perth beaches to make swimming safer

Shark Safety campaigner Lisa Hills said while it was a great start,the majority of the state’s coast,including major tourism destinations,was still not protected.

  • byHolly Thompson
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They caught the fish,but the $5.2 million prize got away

They caught the fish,but the $5.2 million prize got away

They celebrated like lottery winners when they landed a monster marlin in the last hours of the fishing tournament. The party ended on shore.

  • byBrandon Sneed
Free fishing rods for private schools is a hook critics say is out of line

Free fishing rods for private schools is a hook critics say is out of line

Every grade five student in Victoria is to receive a free fishing rod and tackle box. But why are Victorian taxpayers footing the bill for fishing kits for private school students?

  • byBroede Carmody
Gillnets banned to protect Great Barrier Reef’s threatened dugongs,turtles

Gillnets banned to protect Great Barrier Reef’s threatened dugongs,turtles

The nets are used to catch fish but they can also injure and kill dugongs,turtles,dolphins and protected shark species.

  • byLaura Chung
‘Bail out if you can,Johnny’:Rottnest fisherman recalls fatal barge collision

‘Bail out if you can,Johnny’:Rottnest fisherman recalls fatal barge collision

Peter Whitaker,79,said he and friend John Gillard,80,were fishing for whiting on a “brilliant” day in January 2021 when the boat he was on was “crushed like a can of sardines”.

  • byHeather McNeill
Cockburn council moves to give shark hunting ban teeth

Cockburn council moves to give shark hunting ban teeth

Shark “trophy hunters” are finding themselves increasingly on the outer as the community demands a line drawn between fishing for food and hunting for sport.

  • byEmma Young