Around 200 disgruntled fishers have journeyed through the streets of Perth to protest against the state government's decision ...

In response to growing concerns about public safety following two fatal shark attacks in the past three years, the Western Australian government is set to enforce a comprehensive ban on the use of ...

Tough new fishing bans aimed at boosting critically low stocks of popular species are set to send seafood prices soaring. The harsh bans for recreational and commercial fishers in Western Australia ...

The letters, from the State government, inform commercial fishermen that their licences are being permanently cancelled. It also offers an interim payment to provide immediate support for those ...

Two men have been fined for dumping shark heads and fish guts outside the WA Fisheries Minister’s electoral office last month in what was a stinky protest against the state’s new fishing ban.

Police allege the men from Bunbury in West Australia’s southwest travelled about 100km to Fisheries Minister Jackie Jarvis’ electoral office in Margaret River and dumped shark heads and fish remains ...

A major coastal council is eyeing a fishing ban at a popular snorkelling hotspot over fears that excessive activity will eventually attract sharks to the area. It comes after a fishing ban was earlier ...

But the state's fishing and mining industries have questioned the effectiveness of "no-take zones" in ensuring sustainability, saying the jury is still out on the science. The Australian Conservation ...

Seven illegal foreign fishing boats have been caught off the West Australian and Northern Territory coastlines in just 48 hours.