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Nomination of Director – Recfishwest Annual General Meeting 2020
Recfishwest’s Annual General Meeting will be held at the Burswood on Swan Function Centre, 1 Camfield Drive, Burswood on Tuesday 10 November 2020 commencing at 4.30pm to conduct the business outlined in the…
A 20-year history of Recfishwest fighting to protect Cockburn Sound
Recfishwest has long-maintained that Cockburn Sound is an important and treasured fishery for many metropolitan fishers. Read the 20-year timeline below of our fight to protect the fishery on Perth’s…
Cockburn Sound: Why it’s in a poor state and what we are doing to restore it to health
For many metropolitan fishers, Cockburn Sound is an important and treasured fishery on the city’s doorstep. (more…)
South West Blue Swimmer Crab Research and Management Timeline
On the back of recent changes to the management of Blue Swimmer Crabs in south-west WA, Recfishwest have received queries around research and management information relating to this important recreational species…
Commonwealth Marine Park Background
In 1998 Australia committed to establishing a National Representative System of Marine Protected Areas (Marine Parks) and developed guidelines for establishing these parks. In the 14 years that followed there was…
The Statistics Behind the 2019 Swanfish
Figure 1; A comparison between Swanfish 2018 and 2019 Figure 2; the proportion of species caught over the weekend This years 2019 Swanfish trumped the 2018 competition in every way! We saw more app users…
Notice of Annual General Meeting of Recfishwest
The Recfishwest 2018 Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held on Tuesday 30 October at the Fremantle Sailing Club, 151 Marine Terrace, Fremantle in the State Room commencing at 6.30pm. At the meeting, members…
Restoring the Balance: The 1st Step to Bigger Better Crabs
Media Release, 11 October 2018 Recfishwest Vision – Bigger Better Crabs for Peel Harvey Minister Prioritises and Protects Family Fishing Experiences The Right Abundances in the Right Places Recfishwest…
1kg every 10 days – WA Marlin Show Extraordinary Growth Rates!!
Did you know… Two juvenile Black Marlin were kept during Gamex 2017, as part of a study looking at Black Marlin Biology in Australia, (as a contribution to a study by Sam Williams – a PhD student at the…
Hungry Herring at the 15th Anniversary of Recfishwest SunSmart Fishing Clinics in Bremer Bay
The perfect fishing weather greeted for the 15th annual Recfishwest SunSmart Fishing Clinics held in conjunction with the Bremer Bay Community Resource Centre (CRC) at Fishery Beach on Monday 8th January 2018. We…
TroutFest Sheds New Light on Freshwater Fishing
After the success of last years event, Recfishwest would like to invite you once again to be part of something special and help us release trout by hand and celebrate all things freshwater fishing. Event details: …