Category Archives: Spearfishing

  Using datafrom the Australian Quarantine Inspection Service, the Worldwide Fund forNature (WWF), figures have revealed that Australia’s shark fin exports arekilling thousands of sharks each year. Using data from the AustralianQuarantine Inspection Service, the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) … | READ MORE… →

In a letter issuedfrom DEFRA announcing a proposal tochange the regulation on technical measures to promote the conservation of fishstocks, to reduce discards and protect vulnerable marine habitats in EU waters(outside the Baltic, Black and Mediterranean Seas), it is intimated … | READ MORE… →

Smh.com.au: A 230kg squid was hauled off the coast of Victoria (Australia) yesterday. Fishing trawler skipper Mr Rang Pene winched up his catch from the ocean floor to find a large mass halfway down the net. The trawler, Zeehaan, was … | READ MORE… →

The increasing popularity of spearfishing over the years has gained the attention of ESPN’s new programme called “Offshore Adventures”. The programme features sport fishing and freedive underwater hunting, and the Outdoor Network has a new show called “Speargun Hunter”, which … | READ MORE… →

New French speargun manufacturers Oviosub have announced a brand new Speargun that bring spearfishing technology into the space age. The speargun is made from a newcomposite material developed for the Renault F1 team for suspension in F1 cars, Cratinax. Cratinax … | READ MORE… →

The Australian reports: A Shark Shield designed to deter and fend off sharks has failed to show its deterrent properties while it was promptly devoured by a Great White Shark off the shores of South Africa. A report has been … | READ MORE… →

A fisherman swam 12 hours through shark-infested waters to raise the alarm after his trawler overturned off Australia. Sky News reports how Michael Williams left two colleagues clinging to debris as he embarked on his journey to shore. His colleague … | READ MORE… →

A city advocate of Cape Town was found dead by a close friend, twenty-four hours after he went spearfishing at Melkbosstrand this weekend. He had been searching the sea for him with rescuers, relatives and friends. It is suspected Cliff … | READ MORE… →

This has nothing to do with the free anti-virus programme available on the internet, but bets would be that the New Zealand people and government wish it was.  The New Zealand paua could soon be under threat from a herpes-like … | READ MORE… →

The BBC has published an article where Spanish fisherman have seen a reduction in the average size of the blue-fin, and that could mean that the spawning stock are being fished. Is the blue-fin tuna in danger of extinction? The … | READ MORE… →