South Australia’s Spencer Gulf prawn fishery will undergo the world’s most rigorous environmental assessment for fisheries in the hope of becoming the first sustainable prawn fishery in Australia.

It comes less than a year after a related company submitted plans to council for a 51-berth Brisbane River marina.

One of Australia’s largest privately owned fishing companies A Raptis & Sons Group has called in an administrator who will ...

Sawfish — with their long, toothed snouts that resemble saw blades — are being caught as bycatch in Australia’s largest tropical prawn fishery. In the warm, shallow azure waters off northern Australia ...

In short: Australian shipping company Sea Swift announced a suspension of its service supporting fishing trawlers last year, which means prawn fishermen in the Gulf of Carpentaria are bringing in less ...

The Logan River has been closed to commercial and recreational crustacean fishing after an outbreak of the virus in wild prawns. Restrictions are in place between Jabiru and Luscombe Weirs in the west ...

There was only one stipulation when Elspeth Davey started working on a prawn trawler in the Gulf of Carpentaria. "I told the skipper 'unless you want burnt toast for breakfast, don't make me the cook' ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Aussies are being warned to dispose of their prawns properly this Christmas, and never reintroduce them to waterways. Source: ...