October 2006/November 2006

Tasmanian bluefin mania
Anyone interested in catching big, hard-pulling tuna on stand-up tackle would have heard about the tremendous run of 80kg southern bluefin encountered off the south coast of Victoria this March and April...<more>

Previous Issues

Cairns Black Marlin Hall of Fame announced
The committee of the Cairns Black Marlin 40th Anniversary celebrations has announced the names of the five recipients of the 2006 inaugural Cairns Black Marlin Hall of Fame awards...<more>

E-Tec sixes splash down
The Evinrude E-Tec range has finally been expanded to include the long-awaited 200, 225 and 250hp variants ... <more>

A prime season for Prime Time
Nathan Ghosn has fished aboard New Zealand charterboat Prime Time every year since he went on BlueWater’s first NZ adventure ...... <more>

Superyacht marina boosts Qld jobs
Queensland’s Gold Coast is now the proud home of Australia’s largest industrial marina, earmarked to become the epicentre of superyacht production in Australia ...... <more>

July 1 D-Day for GBR Green Zones
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority’s (GBRMPA) Representative Areas Program (RAP) has been passed by the senate unopposed ...... <more>

Striped marlin under threat
The long-term sustainability of the Australian striped marlin fishery is under threat from the practices of commercial longliners and the inability of the government to manage fish stocks ...... <more>

Fine print reveals more Green Zones
Gamefishing industry groups are concerned that the excellent working relationship that was formed with the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA)...... <more>

Special Report
Great Barrier Reef Green Zones and how they’ll effect you...... <more>

2004 NSW Interclub set
Inaugural ANZAC vs USA Billfish Tournament; GBRMPA and GFAA to meet at Lizard Island...... <more>

New millennium diesels for Fiat
Fiat, a subsidiary of Iveco has developed an entirely new range of engines, which it claims is at the cutting edge of marine diesel engine design and manufacture...... <more>

GBR Draft Zoning Plan released
On June 2, 2003 the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority (GBRMPA) released its Draft Great Barrier reef Marine Park Zoning Plan 2003 (The Draft Zoning Plan) for public comment as part of the second formal phase of community participation for the Representative Areas Program (RAP)...... <more>

Final Ruling on tax laws
The review of tax laws for charterboat owners and operators by the Australian Taxation Office was a protracted and costly 11-month affair..... <more>

RAP Update
Any doubt that the planned re-zoning of the Great Barrier Reef was a matter of interest to many Australians was quickly dispelled by the overwhelming response to the first phase of community consultation for the Representative Areas Program..... <more>

Mothershipping in Vanuatu BlueWater readers' trip #6
BlueWater's first Readers' Trip to Vanuatu turned out to be a trip of a lifetime, with the trippers doing battle with XOS yellowfin, blue marlin, sailfish, dogtooth, wahoo and mahi mahi - to name a few..... <more>

Black Watch to launch flagship at Sanctuary Cove
Black Watch Boats is preparing to launch its new flagship, the BW50, in time for the Sanctuary Cove Boat Show this May..... <more>

Where to now for Riviera?
Riviera CEO Wes Moxey is adamant the company is not about to build turn-key sportsfishers..... <more>

TAE for billfish and tuna to be determined by AFMA
The Australian East Coast Tuna and Billfish Fishery's (ETBF) Total Allowable Effort (TAE) workshop was held in Canberra on December 12-13. However, any decision on this crucial aspect of the managament of the fishery will be left up to the AFMA board..... <more>

Viking II tops the ton
The final day of its Cairns heavy-tackle season saw the Viking II crew with an incredible 98 black marlin on the board..... <more>