Tasmania teems with tremendous fly-fishing with a population of fishermen carefully sustaining and growing the rugged island’s brown trout populations. Tasmania is home to creatures of lore: the ...

A shock fishery closure threatens to devastate southeast Tasmania’s recreational fishing industry, with businesses reporting immediate economic carnage just days after the announcement. The sand ...

Independent MPs have clashed over Tasmania’s ban on recreational sand flathead fishing in the southeast, with critics slamming the lack of consultation while supporters praise the conservation move.

The sand flathead recreational fishing zone in southeast waters will be closed from 1 March 2026 due to falling numbers. The species accounts for around 70 per cent of the recreational catch in ...