March 2026The Finocchiaro CLP Government has lifted the temporary Channel Point exclusion area following targeted action to protect declining Black ...

Commercial and fishing tour operators can resume fishing at Channel Point after a four-month closure expired Saturday, with data from resumed catches to determine whether the break helped the depleted ...

Jewfish can be caught in rivers, creeks, bays and on reef systems using both lures and baits. Like most reef fish species, black jewfish spawn during the wet season with spawning events peaking in ...

FORT MYERS -- The committee responsible for naming fish in the Americas has changed the common name of Florida's largest grouper species from jewfish, which some found offensive, to goliath grouper.

There is a marine species now "more lucrative than abalone" and Queensland's commercial catch has skyrocketed in the past 18 months, prompting authorities to tighten regulations and increase penalties ...

Two men are set to face court in Darwin after allegedly being found in possession of black jewfish swim bladders. NT Water Police say there is a roaring, illegal trade in black jewfish bladders, which ...

Queensland Government scientists will explore the species across the state, with a strong focus around black jewfish hot spots such as Mackay and Rockhampton. Fisheries Minister Mark Furner said the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Fraser Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Fisheries Queensland Director of Management and Reform Kimberly Foster said the 20-tonne limit for east ...

Few names, words or ideas are so incendiary as those associated with specific ethnic or religious groups. Chief Illiniwek may be only a University of Illinois mascot, but there are reasons why his ...

Slaughtered to scarcity in the 1980s by fishermen, Florida’s large and lumbering reef predator — the jewfish — appears to be slowly rebounding, marine scientists say. Such is the preliminary verdict ...