Coffs Coast Advocate

Goodbye 2020, hello east coast black jewfish season

Plus have your say on fishing rules for crabs, prawns, mackerel, barramundi and more + your weekend weather, tides

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01st Jan. 2021 3:01 AM

Cartoonist Harry Bruce's take on finally saying goodbye to 2020. Let's hope 2021 brings prosperous waters to Mackay fishers. Today's Harry Bruce cartoon has been brought to you by Dawson MP George Christensen. George is a proud supporter of free speech and the ability of our cartoonists to take the mickey out of the political class. Picture: Harry Bruce

WANTED: Fishers to report sightings of female mud crabs

How you can help plus your weekend Mackay and Whitsundays fishing weather, tides and coastal forecast

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18th Dec. 2020 3:12 AM

Dr Brian Paterson with a female (left) and male Queensland mud crab. Picture: Mark Calleja.

Fishers get rate cut ahead of review

MP announces changes alongside call for input on red tape removal

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11th March 2020 12:03 AM

Trawler operators will have a little less to pay after recent bushfires.

‘Half your profits gone’: Virus’s blow to fish market

THE impacts of the Coronavirus have taken a blow to Gladstone’s commercial fishers who rely on Chinese tourism.

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15th Feb. 2020 5:02 AM

HELP NEEDED: The mud crab industry is feeling the impact of the coronavirus.

Mud crabs, jacks on move after recent rainfall

Some anglers think that the fish can smell the rain, but it is the pressure that gets them fired up.

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24th Jan. 2020 12:01 PM

Gotcha - Jack Dekort picked up a 107cm cobia and a 78cm spotty on his kayak while slow trolling skirted pilchards around the birds working on Sunshine Reef. Photo: www.fishingnoosa.com.au

DPI clams up over rule change

Mystery surrounds scientific case for mud crab regulation

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17th Jan. 2020 11:01 PM

Mud crabs are at the centre of a debate over fishing rules in the Clarence River.

The key to putting prawns, crabs on the Christmas table

Knowing the conditions, escaping the heat and working the crab pots. Everything a weekend angler needs.

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06th Dec. 2019 4:12 AM

Clinton Hassan and Aaron Lund with a couple of king salmon caught at Proserpine River. Picture: Contributed

Competition reels in young Mackay anglers

The future of Mackay's recreational angling will be on show when an annual fishing competition celebrates its 10th...

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29th Aug. 2019 4:08 PM

Greg Wright caught this spangled emperor at Stevens Reef.

Fishing wrap: Shoot-out juniors show veterans how it's done

It was not the biggest fish he had caught, but it was enough for Ian Meads to reel in competition glory.

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01st Aug. 2019 4:08 PM

Ian Meads with his winning Spanish mackerel at Derwent Island.

Mud crabbers 'fight for survival'

Queensland mud crab - the 'hero'; of our food tourism trade - is under the crunch as tensions boil over in the state's $300...

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29th July 2019 5:07 AM

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