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Hi everyone, hope you are all having a nice week. At the time of writing my report, we were once again under the threat of heavy rainfall and strong wind this week on the Gold and Tweed coasts. We can’t seem to get a break from this weather pattern. I do hope that everyone stays safe, and we see some …

Repeat offender has vehicle, jetski and trailer seized at Ulladulla. Fisheries Officers from the Batemans Bay District and the Statewide Investigations and Operations Group Regional Mobile Squad – South have apprehended a repeat fisheries offender with an indictable quantity of abalone and a commercial quantity of Eastern Rock Lobster on the State’s south coast. The officers were conducting routine compliance …

Fisheries Queensland recently received information from the public reporting illegal fishing equipment adrift in an estuarine system south of Ingham. Apart from its risk to maritime safety, illegal fishing equipment can ‘ghost fish’ whilst it remains within the marine environment. As a result, the equipment can continue to trap and potentially kill marine life. QBFP field officers successfully located the …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a nice week and had a good Labour Day long weekend. It has been a fairly decent week weather-wise, with the Tweed and Gold coasts having a fairly light wind and a few showers so far, giving fishos a good opportunity to hit the water for a fishing session. As we look towards …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good week and had a nice Anzac long weekend. It has been yet another wet week on the Gold and Tweed coasts – at least the wind eased up a bit. At the time of writing the report, it looks as though we’ll see more rain on the weekend, but at least …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good week. We’ve had fairly nice conditions here on the Gold and Tweed coasts as school holidays continue and we head towards the Easter break. A fairly light wind in the morning has allowed fishos to get out and have some fishing fun this week. At the time of writing my report, …

NSW Fisheries Officers are reminding consumers and sellers of fish to do so responsibly over Easter by ensuring the seafood they are purchasing has come from a legitimate source. Only licensed commercial fishers or aquaculture permit holders can legally catch or farm seafood for sale in NSW. All seafood that is sold in NSW must have been caught or produced …

Fisheries Officers recently identified two males fishing within the wreck reserve from a small fibreglass vessel. The vessel was inspected at Terrigal Haven boat ramp a short time later, as a result of the inspection the males were each issued with a $500 penalty infringement notice. expensive infringement The two men elected to have the penalty infringement notices heard at …

Hi Everyone, hope you are all having a good week, it was such a relief to see some great sunny conditions last weekend and at the start of this week giving everyone a nice weather window to head outdoors and enjoy some quality time fishing. Unfortunately, as we head towards the weekend it looks, we will see the wind increase, …

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good week. After a fairly nice weekend, it was not good news to see another low-pressure system drop hundreds of millimetres of rain on the Gold and Tweed coasts, causing flooding and the rivers to rise and basically putting us back to square one… and just as the water quality was looking …