Sunfish News               

These News items/stories may be used by any Media, Print or Electronic provided it is clearly stated the item has come from Sunfish North Queensland Branch or Sunfish Queensland.

SUNFISH CLEAR ON TAILOR FUTURE

COMPROMISE THREATENS  REEF PROTECTION MEDIA RELEASE 6/6/2001

Do ‘recreational only’ areas produce better catches?

PNG Rock Lobster Fishermen Caught in Torres Strait 19/04/2001

BOATIES NOT GUILTY OF DUGONG IMPACTS

2001 Mud Crab Surveys Coming Up

Coalition Recreational Fishing Policy is First.

SUNFISH Supports Labor’s Proposed “Reef Protection” Initiative

Ross River Netting Must STOP - Sunday 4th February 2001

Pesticides Set to Poison Waterways

Canberra threatens Qld's trawl fishery

Angler Fears Realised in Trawl Buy-Back

Thieves Target Boat Ramps

 Indonesian Fishing Boat Seized in Torres Strait  29/11/2000

CAPE YORK FISHERMAN COPS RECORD FINE  23/11/2000

PNG FISHING BOATS CAUGHT IN TORRES STRAIT

NQ FRESHWATER FISH SURVEY TO START

As you are aware, the mainstream media suffers from an acute form of attention deficit disorder which often means they wander away from a story just as it starts to become interesting.

Fish Capture Condemned

24 June , 2000 - NEW STRUCTURE FOR PEAK FISHING INDUSTRY BODY 

NEW STRATEGY TO REDUCE FISHERIES BY CATCH 19 June 2000

NEW PHASE IN ELF EXPERIMENT

FISHERS ENCOURAGED TO RETURN PRAWN TAG DETAILS  21/02/2000

QUEENSLAND ANGLERS TO PAY TO FISH IN NSW

REEF CHARGES ON RECREATIONAL FISHERS POLITICAL SUICIDE

Commercial Fisher Claims of Recreational Pressure 'Misleading'

Update on Uncooked Salmonid Flesh Importation

QUEENSLAND’S NEW NUISANCE LAWS

Commercial Fisher Claims of Recreational Pressure Misleading

PRESS RELEASE NO RESPONSE ON FISH KILL- 3rd January 2000

GOVERNMENT INACTION LEADS TO FISH KILLS

FISH RESTOCKING EXPECTED TO INCREASE IN NQ 29/10/99

NETTING SURVEYS OF RIVERS.  

ANOTHER DUGONG KILL REPORTED

DUGONG CARCASS HAD KNIFE-LIKE MARKS

Beattie Budget Puts Jobs At Risk

Minister refuses dead fish.

THE BOAT RAMP REPORT by Don Porter - Chairman Boat Ramps Committee.

Ex-referee calls time out over prawn farm.

No Confidence Expressed in Fisheries Management  ANSA PRESS RELEASE 22/8/99

"QFMA DRAFT REEF MANAGEMENT PLAN – A TOTAL FRAUD"  PRESS RELEASE THURSDAY – 19 AUGUST 1999

DVB On the Whitsunday Waterfront

Sunfish congratulates the Great Barrier Marine Park Authority, QCFO fishermen shocked at GBRMPA PLAN

Fisheries act revision meeting, Recreational Industry Meeting - Review of the Fisheries Act

SUNFISH NQ RESPONSE TO QUEENSLAND EAST COAST TRAWL FISHERY  DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLAN 4 July, 1999

FRASER COAST RESPONSE TO QUEENSLAND EAST COAST TRAWL FISHERY  DRAFT MANAGEMENT PLAN 15 July 1999

Reef Bag Limits Destroy Recreational Reef Fishing Opportunities Sunfish Press Release. 11-7-99

CONSERVATIONISTS & FISHERS JOIN TO TARGET CANE EXPANSION

Quarantine or Risk Fishery Breakdown

SCIENTISTS APPLAUD REEF INITIATIVE Friday June 27, 1999

REPORT OUTLINES IMPORTANCE OF CHANGES TO FISHERIES HABITATS June 18, 1999

Schedule of Public Meetings to discuss the Draft Management Plan for the Queensland East Coast Trawl Fishery

Protecting the diversity of the Great Barrier Reef    Friday 28 May 1999

FISHERIES REVIEW SUPPORTED BY RECREATIONAL ANGLERS 10 May 1999 Important Media Release

Ahoy! from Airlie Beach,  On the Waterfront 7th May1999

DPI CALENDAR OF EVENTS 1999             WHITSUNDAY NEWS

SUNFISH CONCERNS & NOTES ON NEW TRAWL LEGISLATION 15 April 1999

NATURAL RESOURCES OF DAINTREE CATCHMENTS DOCUMENTED 14/04/99

Trawl By-Catch Back-flip by Beattie Government   PRESS RELEASE 12 April, 1999

FISHER FINED FOR GULF NETTING BREACHES 31/03/99

SEVEN ILLEGAL INDONESIAN FISHERMEN CONVICTED 23/03/99 23/03/99

DPI REARS FIRST MANGROVE JACK AT TOWNSVILLE    11/0/99   Good news

SAND CRAB TRAWL PROSECUTION. a letter of concern this is very interesting reading 3-3-1999

NORTH QUEENSLAND HOUSEHOLDS BIG ON FISHING

PUBLIC NOTICE TO ALL FISHERS From JCU 28 Feb 1999

NIGHT FISHING SURVEYS IN LOCAL STREAMS DPI press release 25 Feb 1999

ON-THE-SPOT FISHING FINES  22-2-99 DPI Press Release

TINAROO FISH BARRIER NET INSTALLED  08/02/99  DPI Press Release

MUDDY SHELL DISEASE UNDER Scrutiny    05/02/99  DPI Press Release

The International Saltwater Fly Fishing Expo 1999

Map and Timetable for ELF Experiment  1-02-99 CRC Press Release

Townsville survey finds support for fishing regulations 28-01-99 CRC Press Release

BIG STOCKED BARRA NOW IN JOHNSTONE  27/01/99 DPI Press Release

LIGHTNING ZAPS TINAROO FISH 25/01/99 DPI Press Release

PROPOSED FISH HABITAT AREA FOR ANNAN RIVER    18/01/99 DPI Press Release

TI BOATING & FISHERIES PATROL SAVE TURTLES 18/01/99     DPI     PRESS  RELEASE

FISH HABIT AREAS FOR CAPE YORK PENINSULA 12/01/99    DPI PRESS RELEASE

NIGHT FISHING SURVEYS IN LOCAL STREAMS  11/01/99   DPI PRESS RELEASE

ANGLERS REJECT CALL FOR SALTWATER FISHING LICENSE     10-11-1998 SUNFISH PRESS RELEASE

FISH KILLS RISK BILLION DOLLAR RECREATIONAL FISHERY        10-11-1998 SUNFISH PRESS RELEASE

SUNFISH NQ EXCLUDED FROM FISH KILL FORUM                             10 - 11 - 1998  Sunfish NQ Press Release

MISSING MARINE MONITORING INSTRUMENTS                                  8 - 11- 1998    Public Notice

Plantation Creek Fish Kill     8 - 11 - 1998 Sunfish NQ Press Release

Canegrowers Urged To Act Over Fish Kills   4-11-1998  Ministerial Press Release  by Hon. Rob Welford

FISH KILL IN CATTLE CREEK    By Vern Veitch   1- 11-1998

VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO SPREAD FISHCARE MESSAGE      26-10-1998

RECENT MARINE PARK OFFENCES  AT THE BARNETT PATCHES AND AT GEOFFREY BAY, MAGNETIC ISLAND  1- 10- 98

Palm Creek Fish Kill          By Vern Veitch    12- 9- 98                      

What Has The Federal Government Put Back into Recreational Fishing in Queensland ?

By John Doohan      6 -9-1998

Blowing up our fish     by Vern Veitch     1- 9 -98

D.O.E Marine Park Convictions                            

Our Observers Report on the Effects of Net Fishing Experiment   3-07-98

Boats and Dugong by Vern Veitch        03-06-98

Questions for Local Political Candidates in the North Queensland Region 03-06-98     

Waste of Money on the Lakes 27-04-98

Commercial Fishermen to RingNet Hinchinbrook Channel    23-04-98

Regulatory Impact Statement - Trawl Bycatch    15-04-98

Trawler Destruction of Marine Plants and Habitat    15-04-98

Fishing in Townsville after the Big Wet        15-04-98

Recreational Fishing Policy in Queensland    17-02-98

The Big Blue Wheelie Bin      17-02-98  

The Yabulu Situation   16-02-98

Situation Report - Lead Pollution at Townsville Harbour     16-02-98

Red Spot Disease Brief     16-02-98

Cautious Progressing Fishing Experiment     16-02-98

Revised Timetable for the ELF Experiment    16-02-98

 

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