Back in the water with one eye out for danger signs

Back in the water with one eye out for danger signs

Sasha Jenner was swimming at a reopened Little Bay today,following a fatal shark attack this week. He was philosophical about any dangers.

  • byJulie Power andMegan Gorrey

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‘Too blokey’ no more:Women take to angling boys’ clubs like ... fish to water

‘Too blokey’ no more:Women take to angling boys’ clubs like ... fish to water

Fishing has traditionally been considered a male sport. But things are changing at Albert Park’s Yachting and Angling Club.

  • byWendy Tuohy
A star is spawned:WA’s common octopus actually a new species,gets new celestial Noongar name

A star is spawned:WA’s common octopus actually a new species,gets new celestial Noongar name

The western rock octopus was previously thought not to differ from the eastern states’ ‘gloomy’ octopus but is actually a different species which now officially has a new scientific name,octopus djinda,from the Noongar word for star.

  • byPeter de Kruijff
Back-of-boat lobster sales doubled as West Australians snap up catch

Back-of-boat lobster sales doubled as West Australians snap up catch

Since September last year,West Australians have been able to purchase the lobsters straight from the back of fishing boats.

  • byHolly Thompson
‘It’s not too late’:Tenth of global fish populations on brink of collapse
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‘It’s not too late’:Tenth of global fish populations on brink of collapse

The Global Fishing Index found 49 per cent of the 1465 assessed fish stocks have been overfished,meaning they have less than 40 per cent of their unfished population left.

  • byLaura Chung
‘Significant issues’:Fears Botany Bay ferry would disrupt fishing

‘Significant issues’:Fears Botany Bay ferry would disrupt fishing

The government wants to start building new wharves for ferry services between La Perouse and Kurnell next year. But a chorus of opposition is arguing against the move.

  • byMatt O'Sullivan
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Loaves and fishes,direct from the manufacturer

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‘Close shave’:Why Trent Zimmerman wants fishing outlawed in a North Sydney park

‘Close shave’:Why Trent Zimmerman wants fishing outlawed in a North Sydney park

North Sydney mayor Jilly Gibson will seek to ban fishing in a popular harbour park if fish hooks continue to be discarded.

  • byAndrew Taylor
How my time on a fishing trawler helped me face my own trauma

How my time on a fishing trawler helped me face my own trauma

“There,on the boat,I knew at last what I had to do,to claim my fury and my story. Name the mess. Name the trauma. That was the way forward.”

  • byKathryn Heyman
‘Ineffective’:South West shark drumlines trial to end next week

‘Ineffective’:South West shark drumlines trial to end next week

After more than two years Chief Scientist Peter Klinken declared the method was not effective at catching white sharks.

  • byHamish Hastie