What's New on the Recfishwest Website.....

This page will show what is new on the Recfishwest web site by listing the updates to the site as they are added, with the latest changes at the top of the list. Minor edits and layout changes are not listed.

This listing started in May 2007 and does not include changes before that.

You can also use the Search facility to find specific words or phrases in the pages on this site.

You can check the Site Map and how to use the Website, or you can use the links in the left hand column.

Latest changes

21 August 2008
• Added Notice of 2008 Annual General Meeting and Election of Board Members

19 August 2008
• Added Recfishwest WA State Election Policy 2008
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issues 35 & 36 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

27 July 2008
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 34 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

15 July 2008
• Added Expressions of Interest - Recreational Fishing Industry Study Tour to United States
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 33 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

10 July 2008
• Added Media Release:- Fascinating footage highlights benefits of Release Weight.
• Added DVD:- "Using the Release Weight to improve the survival of released fish"

9 July 2008
• Added June Hotbite Article:- Release Weights Back on the Menu
• Added Recfishwest submission:- Shark Bay Terrestrial Reserves Draft Management Plan
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Iss 31 & 32 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

Before 30 June 2008.

24 June 2008
• Added Media Statement - New West Coast recreational fishing arrangements

9 June 2008
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 30 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

5 June 2008
• Added May Hotbite Article:- What value can we give social versus sustainability?
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 29 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

30 May 2008
• Added Media Statement - Protection of Blue Groper at Rottnest

28 May 2008
• Added Southern Fishing Clinic Tour 2008

25 May 2008
• Added Fishing Line Recovery Program

19 May 2008
• Added April Hotbite Article:- Our Fishing Future is in Safe Hands

18 May 2008
• Added What Recfishwest does for recreational fishing, and for YOU
• Updated Site map and how to use the Website

8 May 2008
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 28 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

April - May 2008
• Commenced updating the presentation and appearance of pages.

29 April 2008
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 27 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

24 April 2008
• Added FINAL RFW submission on Recommended changes to recreational fishing of vulnerable iconic fish, Strategy for Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish in the West Coast Bioregion FMP228

20 April 2008
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 26 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

11 April 2008
• Added Draft RFW submission on Recommended changes to recreational fishing of vulnerable iconic fish, Strategy for Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish in the West Coast Bioregion FMP228 - for comments

5 April 2008
• Added Submission timetable and Submission form for comments on "Recommended changes to recreational fishing of vulnerable iconic fish" and "Strategy for Managing the Recreational Catch of Demersal Scalefish in the West Coast Bioregion" (FMP228)

3 April 2008
• Added March Hotbite Article:- Beautiful Bremer Bay

1 April 2008
• Added February Hotbite Article:- The job left to too few

Before 31 March 2008.

28 March 2008
• Added Recfishwest Media Statement:- New West Coast fishing proposals a 'mixed bag'

22 March 2008
• Added January Hotbite article:- Recreational Fishing Safety

10 March 2008
• Added Recfishwest media statement:- Western Australia's recreational fishing future in safe hands
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issues 21 to 25 (deliberately delayed by several weeks)
• Added December Hotbite article:- Fishing from jetties in the ocean.

22 January 2008
• Added Recfishwest Media Statement Young Future Leaders on their way

18 January 2008
• Added Photos taken during the annual Bremer Bay Fishing Clinics

3 January 2008
• Added Recfishwest media statement:- Recreational Fishers put their support behind Recfishwest
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 20, 22 November (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

Before 31 December 2007.

23 December 2007
• Added Announcement of Kalbarri Blue Holes Fish Habitat Protection Area

17 December 2007
• Added Christmas prize draw winners
• Added November Hotbite article:- Comments on FMP225 - Time for people to have their say!! and Young Future Leaders program
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 18, 6 November & Issue 19, 13 November (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

3 December 2007
• Added Recfishwest media statement "Pink" Flyfishing Clinic

29 November 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 17, 30 October (deliberately delayed by four weeks)
• Added Pink Fly Fishing clinic photos

25 November 2007
• Added Recfishwest submission:- Stokes Inlet Draft Management Plan

22 November 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 16, 23 October (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

17 November 2007
• Updated and added to Recfishwest Board Members
• Added Privacy Policy

15 November 2007
• Added Recfishwest's Final Submission on managing recreational demersal fishing (FMP225)

14 November 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 15, 17 October (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

12 November 2007
• Added Pink Fly Fishing Clinic at Point Walter, 28 November 2007

11 November 2007
• Added "Catching and caring for Samson Fish" protocols
• Added Minister's decision on fishing in Logue Brook Dam
• Added Minister's decision on commercial fishing in Geographe Bay
• Added Minister's decision on Shoalwater Islands Marine Park

9 November 2007
• Added October Hotbite article:- We have come a long way
• Added Recfishwest launches Young Future Leaders program in Western Australia

5 November 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 14, 8 October (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

30 October 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 13, 4 October (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

26 October 2007
• Added Draft submission on Managing recreational demersal fishing (FMP225) for public comment

23 October 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 12, 24 September (deliberately delayed by four weeks)
• Fixed a problem with email form in membership page

20 October 2007
• Reduced memberships costs for Family, over 65 and under 18
• Added Recfishwest Annual Report 2006/7
• Added to Recfishwest 2007 Annual General Meeting
• Updated Recfishwest Board Members
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Iss 11 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

10 October 2007
• Updated Offers for new members of Recfishwest - a 2008 Fantastic Fish Calendar
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Iss 10 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

8 October 2007
• Added Nominations for Recfishwest Board Members

6 October 2007
• Added Prize for members signing up at the Mandurah Boat Show
• Added September Hotbite articles:- 2007 Northern Fishing Clinic Tour and What is Recfishwest doing for you?

4 October 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 9 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

Before 30 September 2007.

24 September 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 8 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

17 September 2007
• Added - Media Statement Recfishwest welcomes Metropolitan fishing reforms

14 September 2007
• Added Offers and prizes for members of Recfishwest
• Recfishwest presentation to South Coast Marine Planning Advisory Group

13 September 2007
• Added July Hotbite article:- Wetline Review worth the wait, but what does it now mean for rec fishers?
• August Hotbite article:- Recreational fishers take the right steps to ensure sustainability

11 September 2007
• Added - Media Statement Recfishwest calls for new members
• Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 7 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

5 September 2007
• Added Photos Northern Tour Fishing Clinics August 2007

4 September 2007
• Added Notice of 2007 Annual General Meeting and Election of Board Members
• Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 5 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)
• Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 6 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

2 August 2007
• Added - Media Statement Recfishwest brings 'Addicted to Fishing not Drugs' fishing clinics to the North-West

31 July 2007
• Added Register your interest - Talking Tackle Workshop 5 September
• Added Submission on Proposed Closure of Part of Geographe Bay to Commercial Fishing

30 July 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 3 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

23 July 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 2 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)

13 July 2007
• Added Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest and Casting Around the Internet with Recfishwest, Issue 1 (deliberately delayed by four weeks)
• Added Policy Setting of Fish Harvest Levels

3 July 2007
• Added Recfishwest Media Release-Recreational fishers take the right steps to ensure sustainability

Before 30 June 2007.

22 June 2007
• Added Recfishwest submission on inter-sectoral allocation models
• Added Recfishwest submission Management of the Houtman Abrolhos System - A Draft Review 2007-2017

21 June 2007
• Added new photo to Your catches and photos

11 June 2007
• Added June Hotbite article:- Onslow youth catch the benefits of fishing, The future for recreational fishing receives a boost
• Added how to join Recfishwest by telephone, by Email or in person to the Membership page
• Added Email us your comments about this page at the bottom of each page. The resulting emails use the specific link details from each page.
• Added a full set of menu links at the bottom of each page.
• Rearranged and compacted the menu links at the left of each page.
• Added a banner of photos from Recfishwest Fishing Clinics at the top of each page.
• Added Recfishwest's contact details on each page.

31 May 2007
• Added Recfishwest welcomes Wetline Review

25 May 2007
• Added Corresponding membership of Recfishwest
• Added Site Map and list of files
• Added What's New on the Recfishwest website
• Added Recfishwest Annual Report 2005/2006
• Added Fishing for Herring from the Shore
• Added Western Australian Fishing Rules, Size and Bag Limits
• Added Fishing Information page
• Added Email this page on to all pages
• Added Help about email to all pages
• Added a more helpful "Page not found" page
• Added Recfishwest Article for Hotbite Magazine May 2007
• Added Australian Labor Party 2005 Policy Document "Labor's Plan for Fisheries"
• Added Copyright Notice covering how information from this site may be used.
• Updated Become a member of Recfishwest
• Updated Recfishwest website Home Page
• Updated Recfishwest Questions for WA State Election 2005
• Updated Release Weight to Improve the Survival of Released Reef Fish
• Updated Tagging and Research Program - Survival of Released Fish
• Updated Maximising the Survival of Released West Coast Reef Fish:- Preliminary Results up to early 2006
• Updated Proceedings of the Western Australian Dhufish Workshop 2004
• Updated Questionnaire Responses:- Priorities For Integrated Fisheries Management September 2006
• Updated Presentation at Logue Brook Dam Forum, Harvey Public Meeting 22 July 2006
• Updated North Mole Fremantle Cleanup Day 6 August 2006
• Updated Recfishwest Fishing Clinics and some clinic pages
• Updated Fish and Seafood Recipes from Recfishwest
• Updated Recfishwest Staff Members
• Updated Policies Page
• Updated Submissions Page

May 2007
• Commenced this "What's New" listing showing the significant changes made to pages on this site, but excluding minor edits, image and layout changes.
• Added enhanced website counters to all pages.

This page last updated 19 August 2008.