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25.01.2022 All they need now are the loaves

25.01.2022 Stories from our fishers

24.01.2022 But this is largely because governments keep closing local fisheries. Without them importing is the only option.

23.01.2022 So much more in the depths of the ocean than even marine biologists imagined.

22.01.2022 Another local fishing resource is being denied to consumers. Successive governments from both sides of politics have endorsed this plan and we have lost Western Port Bay, Port Phillip Bay and now Gippsland Lakes.

22.01.2022 Fisherman getting involved with fire relief efforts. Well done Wayne

21.01.2022 Sustainable netting practice in action. Why aren't we allowed these in other fisheries and why are we being denied the right to local seafood in Port Phillip Bay & Lakes Entrance Jaala Pulford MP? Highly sustainable pilchards ( sardines to most of us) are nutritious, delicious and one of the most sustainable of local fish. Support a pilchard fishery in PPB Phillip McAdam

21.01.2022 Well written and researched and here are the true facts of the matter. Those of us who don't own a boat or a rod & reel have been sold down the river by successive governments. There are plenty of fish out there in the bays but not for consumers only for those who consider angling a hobby or an identity.... Let Jaala Pulford MP know you are not happy with this. It's time consumers demanded the right to local, sustainable seafood!

21.01.2022 PARROT FISH ARE IMPORTANT!! i feel sorry for the parrot fishes! Yes this fish can be eaten, but for us divers this is a big No No!!! There are important reasons... why we should not eat them and we should educate the fishermen to stop catching these beautiful fish! Please do spare them ... the ocean needs them to regenerate. Read below to be educated. They're lots of fish you can catch in the sea. They can sell and cook the other fish, but leave the parrot fish! Here is why: (c&p from the web) Parrotfish eat algae and dead coral*. They spend up to 90% of their day nibbling. In other words, they clean the reef. This is important because most of the reefs across the tropics are being smothered by algae because there are not enough parrotfish and other herbivores out there grazing. After all that eating, get this: They poop fine white sand lots of it! Each parrotfish produces up to 320 kilograms (700 pounds) of sand each year. Their numbers are so depleted, and algae levels are so high, that they cannot be fished sustainably right now anywhere in the Caribbean. These flamboyant, algae-eating, sand-pooping fish need to be left in the water. And when they are left to chomp away, they do a brilliant job. A massive new report concludes that reefs where parrotfish were abundant in the 1980s are the reefs that are healthy now. There is a reason for their existence so please let's not eat them ... To our Govt. Please educate our fishermen... Say no to catching parrot fish! Let's not buy parrot fish so they won't catch them anymore. Please share..

20.01.2022 This should never have happened. We are losing access to a valuable local resource and people are losing jobs and livelihoods.

20.01.2022 Congratulations to Josh Niland for highlighting the importance of fish and supporting our local fishers.

20.01.2022 A legend of Slow Fish from across the ditch

19.01.2022 Do you understand why locally sourced fish is so hard to get and becoming so expensive? It is because successive governments have systematically closed down our local commercial fisheries.

19.01.2022 Our fishers care for the future of the industry but it is under threat and we need to be better educated & informed to be part of the solution

18.01.2022 Des Whayman has been a scallop fisherman, cray fisherman and involved in aquaculture. He fished the wild south and west coasts of Tasmania. He once saved the li...fe of fellow fisherman, Barry Bosworth, under very exceptional circumstances. I've known Des since 1975, in 2014 we had a chat with the camera running. Duration of this interview 21 mins. For more on cray fishing around Tasmania see my DVD of the same name. Available from The Maritime Museum of Tasmania or Boat Books Australia on (02)94391133. See more

16.01.2022 Going to be so much more of this ...

16.01.2022 WOOHOO!! Scallop season has begun Thanks to FV Northern Star for our first load of fresh Bass Strait scallops for 2020

15.01.2022 Thanks very much Jaala Pulford MP You closed down commercial fisheries to make way for black market operators.

15.01.2022 So wrong we are losing this resource

15.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//whiting-catch-down-becau/12502930

14.01.2022 And so it begins ....

12.01.2022 And always will

12.01.2022 Would you? Pay more for local? It might just now be a reality.

12.01.2022 As the ocean is inundated with plastic waste some solutions are emerging

12.01.2022 So much more needed but good to know someone is making an effort. If we could just stop it getting in there in the first place!

12.01.2022 Victoria, Favouring Recs For Votes Means Less And More Expensive Local Seafood "All Victorians once enjoyed access to a wide range of healthy, sustainable, mana...geable (very small) commercially caught seafood, from the relatively inexpensive tommy rough (a kind of herring), sardines and yelloweye mullet, to the more upscale species such as king george whiting and snapper. Those who enjoyed wetting a line could also buy fresh local bait, although these operations are being phased out by the Port Phillip Bay closure. Given the ongoing health of the stocks, anglers have also been able to catch flathead and whiting, as well as black bream, all at levels higher than the commercial take; catches of snapper are estimated to be between four and seven times that taken by professionals. It is unclear what impact increasing recreational numbers to more than one million will have on fish stocks. Since the closure of almost all commercial fishing operations in coastal Victoria, the price of all fish has increased. The availability of lower-cost species such as tommy rough has gone down, because those commercial fishers who remain are compelled to fill their quota (a tool used in the phase-out stage) with high-value species. Granting a handful of "trial" permits to commercial fishers to use on popular and higher-end species that are already targeted by anglers in tourist towns continues this governments blatant favouritism of the recreational sector over the commercial industry. While the impact on the professional community has been devastating, the public, who own the fish that the government is intent on kicking around like a political football, are the ones who have been short-changed out of their seafood."

11.01.2022 This is why we need to maintain a pilchard ( sardine) fishery in Port Phillip Bay Local, sustainable, nutritious. So why are they being forced out? Ask a local MP Melissa Horne MP or Minister responsible Jaala Pulford MP

11.01.2022 WOOHOO!! Scallop season has begun Thanks to FV Northern Star for our first load of fresh Bass Strait scallops for 2020

11.01.2022 This is why we need to buy local and protect local fishers

09.01.2022 Worth mentioning for this bargain!

08.01.2022 With help previously from their Liberal counterparts!

06.01.2022 Knowing how it is done! Sustainable and properly managed.

06.01.2022 Another local fishery closing and with it access fro consumers to local, sustainable seafood. Time to start asking government why they are denying consumers this right. Email Jaala Pulford MP and ask her why?

06.01.2022 This should not be happening. Time we demanded the right to local seafood. Tell your local MP

05.01.2022 This is why commercial fishers are being put out of business. So that recreational fishers can turn their hobby into a business! Poor form Jaala Pulford MP

05.01.2022 Pretty much sums it up .....

05.01.2022 No reason to close this sardine fishery. Nothing to gain.

04.01.2022 Come and get it at Slow Food Melbourne Farmers' Markets Spotswood & West Footscray. And coming soon in the further interests of sustainability ...... EDIBLE CUPS!!!

04.01.2022 Cotton or fish?

04.01.2022 Good to know there are some people out there trying to improve the health of the oceans

03.01.2022 So many issues faced by our fishers. Local seafood is a valuable commodity which should be respected

02.01.2022 And the main reason for this is because governments keep closing our fisheries.