Fish For All

17/06/2026

Well kiddies- just remember next time you vote- make sure you tick the right box. Comedy brought to you from the same party that destroyed the sheep industry, coerced by Labor to take away our food security.

17/06/2026

Great news this afternoon. What’s not so great is Jackie Jarvis MLC going on an unhinged rant in parliament. We get it Jackie- you didn’t want the inquiry but The Greens did- you were a bit stuffed there. So you threw all the toys out of the cot like a spoilt brat- including classic “victim blaming”. Bottom line is- if you had of consulted properly in the first place your position wouldn’t be untenable now, would it😬

14/06/2026

Wondering why Jackie Jarvis MLC’s had picked MAC seems to be very quiet? And why there’s no commercial representation?

🚨 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐍𝐄𝐖𝐒 🚨

The recreational fishing sector has woken to discover it may have been totally played.

"𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑢𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑤𝑒 𝑤𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑛'𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑠. 𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠 𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝑓𝑖𝑠ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑔. 𝑁𝑜𝑤 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦'𝑣𝑒 𝑚𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑜𝑛 𝑡𝑜 𝑠𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑜𝑛𝑒 𝑦𝑜𝑢𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝑠𝑒𝑥𝑖𝑒𝑟 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑛-𝑒𝑥𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒. 𝐼 ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑤𝑎𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟."

— Anonymous Recreational Fishing Representative, speaking through tears.

Sources close to the situation say the once-oddly close relationship between environmental NGOs, their well-funded campaign machine, and recreational fishing leaders has now broken down due to 𝐢𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.

"𝑊𝑖𝑡ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑡 𝑢𝑠, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑤𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑟 ℎ𝑎𝑣𝑒 𝑔𝑜𝑡 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑠. 𝑊𝑒 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑔𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎 𝑑𝑖𝑣𝑜𝑟𝑐𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒'𝑟𝑒 𝑘𝑒𝑒𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑏𝑜𝑎𝑡 𝑟𝑎𝑚𝑝𝑠."

Having helped sell the world’s largest marine park network on the promise that recreational fishing would be protected, parts of the rec sector have now woken up inside the worst "𝐰𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨" story in decades.

They thought they had backed a plan that would lock out commercial fishers while leaving recreational access largely untouched.

Then came the front-page plot twist.
Their partners have moved on.

🎣 Recreational fishers are now discovering that the marine parks they supported may soon become the very places they are no longer allowed to fish.

With environmental NGO proposals pushing large parts of the marine park network toward full protection, many recreational fishers are getting front-row seats to the same show commercial fishers watched years ago.

😳 Rec Sector representatives who were assured this would never happen are reportedly "still processing events."

Some remain frozen in disbelief.
Others are very quiet for people who appear to have been stitched up in front of the entire country.

🤔 Meanwhile, enter the younger, sexier, non-extractive dive sector.

A new cast of characters has arrived to explain why fishing should be banned in places many of them will never dive.

Advertisements have been purchased.
Campaigns launched.
Press releases distributed.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡?
𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐳, 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐠𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠

🍿 Commercial fishers have declined to comment.

Mostly because:
𝐖𝐞. 𝐁𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐝𝐲. 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮. 𝐒𝐨.

14/06/2026

Sums it all up really. A bunch of potatoes 🥔

13/06/2026

PEW at it again- and this involves WA as well!!

12/06/2026

FINAL CALL OUT

The National’s motion to disallow Minister Jarvis’ Section 43 Orders to close down the West Coast Demersal and Shark Fisheries and the Pilbara Trawl Fishery will be debated and voted on in the Upper House on Wednesday 17th June.

This is the last chance to have the issues dealt with in Parliament, aside from the upcoming Inquiry (yet to be finalised).

At this stage the motion does have considerable support- we’re not going into those details, however it’s really important that a small group of cross bench Upper House MP’s hear your voices in support of Commercial fishers in WA that for many people are the only form of access to our wonderful fish.

Let them know that you’re not just a handful of voters that don’t matter- and the way they vote in the coming week will be remembered when the time comes.

If you’re going to write a letter, time is running out- be nice, but be clear about why you believe ALL Western Australians should have access to a shared resource.

Please also consider these points when you write:

· increased food miles, carbon footprint and single use packaging from increases in imported product
· increased imports from unregulated fisheries with poor labour practices
· biological threats from raw imported seafood
· nil support for affected fishers
· nil notice given to affected fishers
· sustainable generational business shut down overnight
· dramatic impact on seafood supply in regional areas
· large increases in fish prices adding to the already out of control cost of living
· loss of choice and price points from the market
· recent “science” has not been independently peer reviewed
· stock assessments used to make management decisions are based on mathematical models that are operating outside the reality of the fisheries
· science is consistently “data poor” across almost all of WA’s fisheries
· DPIRD is so poorly resourced that it cannot keep up with the science and is years behind
· without the commercial sector it is almost impossible to monitor and manage the fisheries, unless the gap in data is filled by vast amounts of taxpayer funding
· handing an entire resource to one sector is not fair or equitable when the resource belongs to all Western Australians
· ideology should not be taking the place of sound fisheries management with input from all stakeholders


We recommend focusing on writing to the following MP’s:

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Thank You

Fish For All

11/06/2026

09/06/2026

We posted a couple of months ago regarding the 2025 catch being on target mid year to achieve the TAC that DPIRD had set for the West Coast Fishery- full year results are now out- Jackie Jarvis MLC the fishery should be commended for its performance, not shut down to suit your “policy position”. Further description in the comments.

31/05/2026

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