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Hooked ... pro-fishing campaigner Jack Tait weighs in at Narooma yesterday. Photo: Glen McCurtayne More than 100 leading marine scientists have urged the major political parties to keep rolling out marine conservation areas, as Tony Abbott again promised to halt the process during a visit to the...

It's a major part of why people live in Queensland. Though avid recreational fishers across the state fear they're losing their way of life. "As a young boy, my father used to take us camping on the Burdekin...

Scientists say the declaration of marine parks works and they must be retained to keep fishing sustainable in the long term. SOME of Australia's most prominent environmental scientists have appealed to both political leaders to continue protecting marine life with reserves, after the coalition...

AAP Some of Australia's most prominent environmental scientists have appealed to both political leaders to continue protecting marine life with reserves, after the coalition promised to suspend...

Ken O'Dowd CENTRAL Queensland’s recreational fishermen are being urged by the Coalition to cast a vote for freedom on Saturday. “If Labor wins, there will be further restrictions to fishing zones as sure as night follows day,” candidate for Flynn Ken O’Dowd said...

THE LNP has urged recreational fishermen to vent their anger at the ballot box this Saturday and vote to stop plans by the Labor Party to further restrict recreational fishing...

THE seafood industry has welcomed the promise of compensation for fishermen impacted by massive new developments in the Port of Gladstone. This follows the release of a report by the Co-ordinator-General acknowledging there will be further loss of fisheries habitat to the Queensland fishing...

Nationals Senator Ron Boswell has sent out a statement of the LNP commitment to the nation's fishing and boating communities urging them to vote to protect their passtimes or in many cases, livelihoods by not voting Green or Labor in the upcoming federal election, 21...

The Environment Minister's signature policy is under attack by the Nationals, and the...

Mackay Game Fishing Club member Craig Breadsell caught this Spanish mackerel off Mackay. It weighed 22kg gilled and gutted. Contributed THE Federal Government’s proposed no-take fishing conservation zones in the Coral Sea and on the Fraser Coast have left Gladstone recreational..

A POLICE operation targeting fishing vessels off the North Queensland coast has hauled in a hefty 10 illegal operators for crimes relating to drug use and substandard boats.

Secure your leave pass, book your flights - the Sports Boats are back in town, as Brisbane has been announced as THE venue for two huge regattas this November and...

Carl Howe, of Diversified Mining Services, with a CT10 coal tram that will form part of the company’s display at the QME. Peter Holt DIVERSIFIED Mining Services’ Carl Howe knows how valuable the annual Queensland Mining and Engineering Expo (QME) is to Mackay mining-related...

The associations representing the recreational boating and light commercial marine industries around Australia have united to form the Boating Industries Alliance to represent their collective interests...

Eight 'no take' marine protection zones will lead to an explosion in shark numbers and an equally shocking explosion in the cost of fresh seafood, claim...

Honda Australia's commitment to protecting the marine environment has been further reinforced via the extension of its long-standing professional association with Sea World on the Gold Coast,...

The fishing industry in Queensland says Labor should be worried about what regional voters think of plans for a Coral Sea conservation zone. Environment Minister Peter Garrett is considering a ban on all fishing in a one million square kilometre area and a decision is expected next...

Tourist and pleasure craft figure in a large number of marine incidents in the Mackay region including the Whitsundays which supports a large number of...

The federal Environment Minister has postponed until after the election a final decision on creating a conservation zone in the Coral...

Queensland Transport Minister Rachel Nolan says the owners of large boats will have to contribute to costs associated with the dredging of Gold Coast...