Robert Rankin

At sometime in our lives we grab a rod and head to the beach for a spot of fishing.

More than 12 tonnes of dead fish have been buried after a council on the New South Wales north coast bowed to public pressure and opened a lagoon.

Police find the body of a 72-year-old man who was reported missing after a boat capsized at Long Point in South Australia's Coorong National Park overnight.

A red-bellied black snake is filmed swimming underwater in the Adelaide Hills hunting and catching a native fish.

Officials are searching for a man in his 20s believed to have fallen from rocks into the ocean at Western Australia's Warrenup Beach.

Police divers join the search for missing 25-year-old Thomas Rae who disappeared while rock fishing in a remote corner of WA.

Fish have been found on the streets of Yowah, in outback Queensland, after record rainfall.

The SA Government says a three-year statewide ban on snapper fishing will come into effect within weeks, despite a backlash from fishers and charter boat operators.

Commercial fishers, country towns and amateur anglers have their say on how they will be affected by the ban on snapper fishing for the next three years.

A north Queensland mother is worried for the health of her children after PFAS was found in fish and water samples taken near their Mackay property.

Farmers in the NSW Great Lakes area band together to titillate taste buds.

Ross Miller has no intention of putting the rod into the rack. Instead, he is building another prawn trawler as a legacy to his son.

The number of whale entanglements in ropes and floats has reached an unprecedented 35 incidents off NSW so far this year, so commercial fishers are meeting to discuss better practices.

More than 40 sawfish die in the Fitzroy River catchment, known to be the world's last stronghold for the species.

There have been calls for greater transparency on remote cattle stations after a FOI request revealed a push to keep the mass death of a critically endangered species under wraps.

Authorities in Western Australia investigate a large mussel die-off that covered a 1km stretch of beach on the south coast last week.

DAILY BRIEFING: Scientists offer the public the chance to name a rare red handfish, and there are calls for councillors to receive training on responding to bullying.

Until now little has been known about what penguins get up to when they head out to sea to forage.

The future of the world's largest wild-caught fishery could be on a "path to oblivion" says one man, who after calling for a drastic cut in abalone catch limits was booted from the industry's peak body in Tasmania.

A five-member fishing crew is relieved to be back on land after enduring 12 days adrift off South Australia's coast, coming up against personal tragedy, a failed rescue attempt and a shortage of food.

South Australia's fishing industry is "banding together" to make sure the WA Government's plan to take control of a portion of the rock lobster catch does not also happen in its state.

A former Adelaide doctor jailed for trying to murder a pharmacistwho reported him for overprescribing medication loses his bid to reduce his decade-long sentence.

Fishing for snapper in South Australia may be banned until 2023 to allow "decimated" populations to recover. The Government says if urgent steps are not taken, the iconic species could vanish from the state altogether.

For 17 years Ray Cook, also known as 'Captain Cook', has built a livelihood around helping others to catch a prized snapper but a proposed ban in SA waters could force his business under.

Ghost netting in South Australia's pristine waters is causing a headache for the local council and the fishing, tourism, and recycling industries.

The Civil Aviation Safety Authority is investigating footage of a man fishing from a chair that's being towed by a homemade drone in central Victoria.

Bung Yarnda, also known as Lake Tyers, has a rich Indigenous history as a fishing and camping place for Gunai clans in east Victoria. Now a thriving coastal town, the area faces the pressures of population growth.

The Victorian Government has passed legislation to phase out the 10 remaining commercial fishing licences in the Gippsland Lakes over the next two years.

Hundreds of people have signed a petition calling on Queensland MPs to stop a departmental plan to remove 'historic' fishing huts in and around a national park in the state's north.

Time has run out for the owners of 14 holiday shacks near Ingham in north Queensland with the State Government ordering their removal by the end of the month.