A FISHERIES operation in offshore waters near the NSW/Queensland border has resulted in the seizure of more than 100kg of king prawns and Balmain bugs. "Fisheries officers saw the Queensland licensed ...

Charges are now pending and the operator faces a maximum fine of $110,000. Officers from the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and the NSW Police Marine Area Command boarded the Queensland ...

Sawfish — with their long, toothed snouts that resemble saw blades — are being caught as bycatch in Australia’s largest tropical prawn fishery. In the warm, shallow azure waters off northern Australia ...

Steve Everson has been fishing for green school prawns in the Clarence River for 45 years. He had hoped to be heading out on his trawler today as a two-and-a-half-year ban on selling green prawns in ...