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A search has resumed for a 71 year old man who went fishing off Sydney's Royal National Park. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)

Searchers battle weather in hunt for missing fisherman

Tampa's mayor has hauled in an unexpected catch while fishing: a bag of cocaine worth $US1.1m. (EPA)

Florida mayor goes fishing, catches $A1.7m of cocaine

NSW Premier Chris Minns announced an inquiry into the fish kill on a visit to the town of Menindee. (Samara Anderson/AAP PHOTOS)

Premier speaks to locals 'devastated' by mass fish kill

Matthew Guy has pledged to scrap crown land camping regulations enacted by the Andrews government. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Vic farmers should vet river campers: Guy

Populations of the threatened Australasian snapper are more diverse than realised, scientists say. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)

Battling snapper more diverse than thought

Queensland police are scaling back their search for three men missing north of Mission Beach. (file)

Search efforts for Qld boaties scaled back

DROP A LINE IN: Legal fishing locations across NSW, such as Lake Glenbawn, pictured, are now easier to find with NSW DPI's Angler Access online map.

The NSW Department of Primary Industries has launched a new online map that provides recreational fishers with thousands of river, stream and lake locations that can be accessed legally for fishing.

Map helping anglers access new fishing spots

Australia, the US, Japan and India are expected to unveil new plans to tackle illegal fishing.

Aust, allies to target illegal fishing

Australia has made limited progress in restoring fish stocks to sustainable levels, a report says.

Australia overfishing by more than a third

NT traditional owners have opened up hundreds of kilometres of prime fishing grounds.

Anglers given access to Arnhem Land waters

An online permit will grant access to fishing spots across about 2000 kilometres of the NT coast.

Anglers required to register in NT waters

Two men are accused of exceeding calamari catch limits in Victoria's Port Phillip Bay.

Boats seized in illegal calamari haul

Yabbie nets which inadvertently kill platypus by drowning them will be be banned in Victoria.

Total Vic ban for deadly platypus nets

Aberdeen angler Kerryanne Thompson with her 137.2kg blue marlin, which she caught off Port Stephens Fishing Club boat Milo during the Golden Lure tournament at Port Macquarie.

Hunter fish files | PHOTOS

WHITE RELEASED: One of the small great white sharks released by Jason Moyce about eight weeks ago off Wallaga Lake near Bermagui.  

Bermagui commercial fisherman Jason Moyce films his latest encounter with a great white - just his most recent experience with sharks that he regularly encounters on the water.

Great white shark encounter off Bermagui | Photos video

BIG MAKO: Meanwhile in other shark news, professional fisherman Jason Moyce of Bermagui last week caught a big 200kg mako shark that when cut open revealed a half-digested dolphin skull.

THERE’S been a few sharky encounters off the Narooma and Bermagui area including a mako shark containing a dolphin skull.


Shark tales: Mako shark contains dolphin skull


PLAYSTATION CATCH: Skipper Nick Cowley on Playstation also reported an unreal day at Tuross snapper fishing with a box of snapper and mowies, as well as some sharks. They also got a 35kg mako shark on light spin gear, 20lb leader, and a gummy shark then a 60kg blue shark that they realised at the last moment!

CHARTER boats continue to get good snapper off Tuross Head over the weekend, with some interesting shark stories to spice things up.


Weekend fishing report from Narooma: photos


A still from the video of the moment the great white sharks do battle. Photo: Barcroft TV / YouTube.

An Australian diver has captured the moment a great white shark attacked one of its own off the South Australian coast.

When great white sharks attack...each other | video

Rare find: Busselton local Rhys Assan filmed his bizarre encounter with this Mahi Mahi fish last Tuesday at Wonnerup Beach. 

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A Busselton man's video of bizarre encounter with a Mahi Mahi fish has become a viral hit on YouTube. 


VIDEO: Rare fish encounter proves a YouTube sensation 

 This CSIRO map shows satellite tracking of great white sharks off the Hunter coast. The movement of each tracked shark is colour-coded. 

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UP to 250 juvenile great white sharks are living off the Hunter coast and spending a lot of time around beaches in water depths of one to five metres, CSIRO research shows.

Great white shark nursery off Hunter coast 

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A MASSIVE clean-up operation began Wednesday afternoon for the skipper of the stricken trawler that spent four days on the bottom of Newcastle Harbour.

GALLERY, VIDEO: Trawler scrapped

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NEWCASTLE: A fishing trawler has sunk in Newcastle harbour after ploughing into the ferry wharf.

GALLERY: Trawler hits wharf and sinks

Connections after Father Rick after winning the Ladbrokes Million Dollar Chase. Picture supplied

Father time not catching up with this pair yet

Greyhounds As Pets host their final Adoption Day for the year at Dapto on December 16. Picture supplied

Greyhounds As Pets to have a Dapto Adoption Day on December 16

Greyhounds Adoption Day returns to Dapto

Tyler Schiller (left) and Zac Lloyd have moved into greyhound ownership and are pictured with their broodbitch Newhaven Nellie. Photo Ross Schultz.

One day jockey Tyler Schiller would love to be a greyhound trainer

Leading jockey's love of greyhounds

Pam Jones / Claire Nelson-Jonas Good Sport award winner with life member Chris Agosto.

School holiday squash coaching for juniors

Members of the 2023 Paul Kelly Cup winning team with Issac Heeney and Toby Greene. 

AFL stars Heeney and Greene say their game is the best

Cardinal George Pell is due to be sentenced after being found guilty of child sexual abuse.

Chief Judge Peter Kidd has handed down his sentence after Cardinal George Pell was convicted for attacks on two choirboys in the 1990s.

George Pell sentenced to six years

STRONG: Beautiful toddler Penelope Dean is the sunshine of her mother Emily's life. The brave little girl has been treated for a rare tumour.

Most people know McHappy Day is all about a good cause. The Dean family had first-hand experience of how the charity supports children fighting serious illness.

How McHappy Day helps brave tots like Penelope

Your five-minute guide to the 2017-18 budget.

BUDGET 2017: What it means for you and your family

Ryan Gardiner caught this 7.7kg cleaned snapper off Broughton Island.

Click through our gallery of Hunter anglers and their fish.

MULTI-MEDIA: Herald Fish File  

Molly Dickinson waiting for her siblings to get off the school bus. Picture: BIANCA DICKINSON 2017

VIC: On the surface it's a cute pic. Danger, however, lurks nearby.

'Big mother of a snake' photobombs mum's snap of daughter

622kg tiger taken off Newcastle on Australia Day 2016

World record pending

Craig Kerr shows how to release a mulloway on the Hunter River.

Releasing mulloway on Hunter River

Intense battle with sailfish

The cliff face at the notorious Frazer Park.

A CORONER has recommended mandatory lifejackets for rock fishermen and ‘‘shock signs’’ at hazard areas like Snapper Point at Frazer Park after an inquest into the drowning deaths of nine fishermen, including three at Lake Munmorah State Conservation Area.

Coroner’s call to enforce lifejackets

From left: Jason Jones, who died in the Broughton Island fishing accident, his father Alan Jones, his brother Scott Jones, his mother Sandra Jones, and his brother Mark Jones. Picture supplied. 


JASON Jones was doing what he loved when an unexpected wave claimed his life while he was fishing at Port Stephens on Saturday.

Artistic, gentle dad killed by unexpected wave

NEWS of the tragic death of a young father swept to his death by high seas at Snapper Point has re-ignited community debate about   rock fishing  fatalities

SIMON WALKER: Fishing for answers

Clinton Bambach of Belmont North who shot video of a Great White shark swimming around the jetty at Murray's Beach, Lake Macquarie. Picture Darren Pateman

POLL, VIDEO: Clinton Bambach feared releasing video may harm the shark.

Fisherman torn over great white footage 

 THEY were close mates who had once worked together and spent many weekends off the coast with a fishing rod in their hands and a smile on their faces.

Fatal wave tosses friends overboard

UPDATE: The young father swept from rocks at Snapper Point identified as 22-year-old Jesse Howes.

Missing rock fisherman identified as Jesse Howes

KNOWN simply as ‘‘The White’’,  it has been lurking in the waters of Lake Macquarie for 18 months.

Call for shark to be moved out of lake

GO TEAM: Bella Angelozzi, 8, and cousin Ruby Angelozzi, 6, win the Jarvis Walker tacklebox and Tsunami lure pack for this mighty mulloway caught near Honeysuckle in Newcastle Harbour last Friday. Call into Tackle Power Sandgate, at 53 Maitland Road, Sandgate, to collect your prize, guys. Don't forget to bring a copy of the fishing page for verification.  To enter Fish of the Week, email pic to fishing@theherald.com.au with contact phone and catch details. 

EVERYTHING'S looking good for the Marks Point Marina Big Fish Bonanza this weekend, according to Lake Macquarie Game Fishing Club president and weighmaster Paul Hogg.

Get ready for big bonanza

NCH   NEWS,  Screengrab from video taken by Clinton Bambach  of a great white shark cruising in the water next to the jetty  at Murray's Beach, Lake Macquarie.4th December 2014     pic   Clinton Bambach

LAKE Macquarie council has put up signage at Murrays Beach at Lake Macquarie after a great white shark was seen circling in the waters close to shore for about an hour on Thursday.

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