A fishing group that is fighting to save the Blackwood River's population of black bream says it needs more funding to find out why the species' numbers are declining.

The New South Wales Environment Department says it is expecting a smooth opening this Sunday for the big marine park on the south coast.

The Victorian Abalone Divers Association is frustrated by the State Government and Fisheries Victoria's handling of a deadly abalone virus.

The abalone industry on the far south coast of New South Wales is reeling today after the latest round of cuts to quotas.

Tasmanian fishermen will continue to lobby the timber company Gunns to include a tertiary treatment plant in its plans for a pulp mill.

Tasmanian fishermen say today's meeting with Gunns chairman John Gay has allayed some of their fears about the proposed pulp mill.

A herpes-like virus killing abalone in waters off Victoria's south-west coast is now spreading east of Warrnambool.

For the second year in a row a Gulf of Carpentaria initiative aimed to protect marine life has been nominated for national environmental recognition at the Banksia Awards.

Oyster farming could resume in a polluted Port Stephens' creek, on the New South Wales central coast, within two months, with recent tests clearing it of any faecal contamination.