The grieving widow of a prawn trawler deckhand who drowned off Fraser Island is suing the boat’s owner for negligence claiming $1.6m in damages. Lynette Joy Chivers, 39, a mother of one from the ...

Two fishermen may have died after a simple turnbuckle broke when their net snagged, rolling their prawn trawler in the dark, in heavy seas off Queensland.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Gold Coast. Followed categories will be added to My News. Charges are now pending and the operator faces a maximum fine of $110,000. Officers from the NSW ...

Queensland's shrinking prawn trawler fleet will not be getting fuel tax relief any time soon. Queensland seafood industry association president Neil Green has got nowhere with a campaign to have the ...

While the total catch will fall well short of last year’s unprecedented 3168 tonnes, industry figures remain upbeat. “This year is down about one third from 2015 – which was an extraordinary season – ...

SEAFOOD retailers in the Far North are hoping prawn trawlers will put local stores first to stop prices increasing at the next harvest. It comes as industry stakeholders are unsure what impact the ...

Queensland prawn fishermen have secured access to one of the world's biggest markets - the United States. They will be able to export to America under an export accreditation deal finalised this week.

A Cairns trawler worker targeted a man he knew had just been robbed, extorting him for money in return for the recovery of the stolen goods, a Cairns court has heard. Gentjan Daullxiu, 39, a prawn ...

AFLEET of trawlers set to sea yesterday as the Sunshine Coast fishing industry launched its assault on the summer prawn season. But with fewer boats making the catch amid mounting competition from ...

Rik Buckworth receives funding from the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation and the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, which both include some indirect industry funding, as well as ...

Charges are now pending and the operator faces a maximum fine of $110,000. Officers from the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) and the NSW Police Marine Area Command boarded the Queensland ...