Access to Australia’s small pelagic fisheries (SPF) has created more controversy than commercial fishing in all of our other fisheries put together. Last month’s arrival of the 95-meter Dirk – Dirk, reflagged as the Geelong...

Leading up to the NSW Election a number of full-page ads in metropolitan and regional papers started a public debate about the balance between commercial fishing and recreational fishing, tourism and regional development in NSW....

Many of you will recall the campaign held by Keep Australia Fishing prior to last election to stop the disastrous Commonwealth Marine Park policy to lock recreational fisher out of 1.3 million square kilometres of Australia...