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AMSA releases video on new operational requirements for fishing vessels

To help fishing vessel owners and operators to better and more easily understand recent changes that apply under Marine Orders...

Safety First: Are you doing everything to make sure you and your crew come home?

If you are reading this you are probably an owner, skipper or deckie on a fishing vessel, or you have...

CEO Message – 2024 is the tipping point to determine WA’s long term seafood security

As we enter the new year, it’s clear there are many existential challenges at play, none more than the risks...

The importance of Fathers

Our team at Regional Men’s Health talk to a lot of blokes. The other important side to this is we...

What are the rules for management of garbage at sea?

Domestic commercial vessel owners and operators are responsible for managing the waste generated on board their vessels, including garbage discharges....

WAFIC files formal objections to Mid West Eureka 3D Marine Seismic Survey

The Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC) has now submitted two formal objections to the proposed Eureka 3D marine seismic...

WAFIC invites Premier Cook to meet Esperance locals

Darryl Hockey spoke with Premier Roger Cook recently on ABC’s breakfast show with Nadia Mitsopoulis about the frustrations commercial fishers...

Scheduling upcoming fisheries long-term LENS Assessments 2023-2028

Between 2015 and 2018, over 60 commercial fisheries had their export approvals extended for up to 10 years. These approvals,...

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