Industry News

ABOUT 120 boaties braved foul weather to sail to the former Tipplers resort on South Stradbroke Island yesterday, lured by a promised 'sneak preview' of the Marine Action Group's redevelopment proposal for the...

AAP Was it the weather or a political storm that sank the Tiwi Pearl? The 24-metre former tuna boat was to have been sunk with fanfare in Moreton Bay on Sunday to extend an artificial...

4:48 AM Fri 12 Mar 2010 GMT 'Big crowds at the 2009 Tinnie and Tackle show and as confidence returns more expected in 2010' Bob Wonders The 2010 Tinnie and Tackle Show, organised by Marine Queensland and staged in conjunction with the National Four Wheel Drive Show, is set to show...

A coroner says people who use jet skis in Queensland should be licensed. He made the recommendation after an inquest into the death of a 31-year-old tourist on the Gold...

PETER Garrett is under fresh pressure over using discredited science and dodgy data to declare a conservation zone over the Coral...

Three Bligh Government Ministers witnessed first-hand today the effects of land-based activity on the health of the reef. Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones, Primary Industries and Fisheries Minister Tim Mulherin and Tourism Minister Peter Lawlor visited an inshore reef south of Cairns...

The Mackay Marina operator, Port Binnli and berth owners are "seething" over the State Government’s proposed 900 per cent hike in seabed lease payments that they say threaten the marina’s...

Moreton Bay is go for the 2010 Humminbird BREAM QLD Open. Held once again in conjunction with the Tinny & Tackle Show at the RNA Show Grounds anglers will have one of the largest tournament arenas of the tournament calendar at the disposal with the Gold Coast and Moreton open for their breaming...

HOONING boaties are flouting permit rules at Ross River, coming to blows and causing mayhem on the...

FUNDING for two new boat ramps announced by the state government last year is, as yet, nowhere to be seen. Mackay Regional Council and the state government have blamed each other for the lack of action over building a boat ramp at East Point, while Whitsunday Regional Council is...

UNDERFUNDED Volunteer Marine Rescue crews are threatening to pull their boats out of the water as they struggle to survive on just $26 a day. Despite performing 4800 good deeds for boaties last year, the 25 squadrons have failed to attract a funding increase from the State Government – for the.

Four people have been rescued after their boat sank off North Queensland. The boat broke down and was hit by large waves before it capsized about 7.00pm (AEST) last...

FOUR people were in "reasonable spirits" last night after being rescued from their sinking boat near Daydream Island off north Queensland. Kristin Shorten Water police and the RACQ - CQ Rescue helicopter responded to a triple 0 call about a vessel reportedly sinking off Hayman...

MARY River marina and chandlery owner Neville Foord is taking on the State Government so he can build his Maritime Gateway apartment block overlooking the river after eight years of fighting to get it...

New boat moorings which do not damage seagrass are being trialled in Queensland. Minister for Primary Industries, Fisheries and Rural and Regional Queensland Tim Mulherin said the new moorings are being installed in several locations in Moreton...

HUNDREDS of tourists may have been exposed to highly infectious Measles virus with authorities on alert for a possible outbreak in Airlie Beach. A foreign male tourist fell sick with the highly-contagious disease on a five-day holiday in the...

The Marina Industries Association of Australia (MIAA) is preparing for its first Board Meeting of 2010, to be hosted by the BIA NSW offices in Crows Nest Sydney, 25...

Premier Anna Bligh says the Queensland Government is working to protect dolphins at Tin Can Bay, in the state's south-east, from a nearby construction...

A NEW floating concrete walkway will be built adjacent to the Rockhampton riverbank boat ramp for the benefit of river users, Public Works Minister Robert Schwarten announced...

Up to 30 boats have broken their moorings and are adrift on the Coomera River between Brisbane and the Gold Coast following torrential rainfall. One vessel, a large cruiser, is reported to be stuck under a bridge on the M1, the main highway between Brisbane and the Coast, police...