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Group for recreational fishers and other people who fish, marine conservation and a healthy environment for now and the future. Resource supporting sustainable angling and protecting the aquatic (marine and freshwater) environment. Protect our fragile environment to ensure that todays' and future generations can enjoy the experience of fishing, sustainably, responsibly and with care. information, links, species facts and more.

Group for recreational fishers and other people who fish, marine conservation and a healthy environment for now and the future. Resource supporting sustainable angling and protecting the aquatic (marine and freshwater) environment. Protect our fragile environment to ensure that todays' and future generations can enjoy the experience of fishing, sustainably, responsibly and with care. information, links, species facts and more.
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Best Fish for Aquaponics

By Pamela Fernandez In Aquaponic, Education 

Fish are one of the main components of an aquaponics system and play a vital role in your system as they will be the source of natural fertilizer for the plants. Fish provide food ...

Aquaponic Gardening For Beginners: Raising Fish and Growing Vegetables in Aquaponics Garden

By Pamela Fernandez In Aquaponic, Education 

Aquaponic gardening is a symbiotic gardening system that relies upon both flora and fauna to create a balanced ecosystem for harvesting both fish and plant material. It requires a larger amount of setup and ...

Marine Parks and Recreational Fishing in WA

By Pamela Fernandez In Education 

These pages have been put together to address some of the concerns of rec fishos about the impacts of MPAs, and in particular sanctuary zones, on their lifestyle and fishing future in Western Australia. ...

Save the Grey Mackerel: Gill Netting of Spawning Aggregations Must Be Stopped

By Pamela Fernandez In Campaigns 

Local residents, recreational fishers, local commercial line fishers and traditional owners all along the North Queensland Coast are concerned about the devastating effects of commercial gill netting targeting spawning aggregations of the Grey Mackerel ...

Shortfin Mako and Longfin Mako Sharks

By Pamela Fernandez In Fish Forum 

No Protection – recreational fishers blamed! – Minister Garrett has decided not to list the porbeagle, longfin mako and shortfin mako sharks under Australia’s Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC), despite current legislation ...

Stainless Steel Hooks, Fishing and Marine Wildlife

By Pamela Fernandez In Education 

The issue of destructive fishing practices is of major concern to Fishers For Conservation. FFC is focussing on two aspects of the problem with this education campaign and our Environmental Statement. Discarded/Lost Fishing Line ...

FFC Fish Focus: Orange Roughy Fishery in the Great Australian Bight

By Pamela Fernandez In Education 

Australia’s comparatively young orange roughy fishery attracted recent community, industry and scientific interest because of questions about its sustainability, in particular for fish stocks which straddle Australian and international waters. The Orange Roughy fishery ...

Destructive Fishing Practices

By Pamela Fernandez In Education 

Recreational fishers in general try to ‘do the right thing’ and care about the fish and environments they fish in. Sometimes due to a lack of awareness, bad habits picked up from our elders ...

Elephant Fish Fact Sheet

By Pamela Fernandez In Education 

Species common Name(s): Elephant Fish, Elephant Shark, Ghost shark, Reperepe (Maori), Southern Beauty Species Scientific name: Callorhinchus milii Family: Callorhinchidae (Plownose chimaeras) Order: Chimaeriformes (chimaeras) Class: Holocephali (chimaeras) note – Four closely related species ...

Desalination and South Australia’s Gulf Ecosystems

By Pamela Fernandez In Desalination, Education 

The debate still rages on the impacts of the proposed Point Lowly desalination plant and port near Whalla in the Spencer Gulf in South Australia. A world renowned oceanographer says BHP Billiton is attempting ...

Recent Posts

  • Best Fish for Aquaponics

    Fish are one of the main components of an aquaponics …

  • Aquaponic Gardening For Beginners: Raising Fish and Growing Vegetables in Aquaponics Garden

    Aquaponic gardening is a symbiotic gardening system that relies upon …

  • Marine Parks and Recreational Fishing in WA

    These pages have been put together to address some of …

  • Save the Grey Mackerel: Gill Netting of Spawning Aggregations Must Be Stopped

    Local residents, recreational fishers, local commercial line fishers and traditional …

  • Shortfin Mako and Longfin Mako Sharks

    No Protection – recreational fishers blamed! – Minister Garrett has …

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