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This Aug. 2015 photo provided by the Nevada Department of Wildlife shows state fisheries biologist Kim Tisdale holding one of the Northern pike removed from Comins Lake in eastern Nevada during an effort to eradicate the invasive predators. The agency is offering a $10,000 reward to help nab the suspect who apparently introduced the species into the lake again in recent months. (Courtesy of the Nevada Department of Wildlife via AP)

Game wardens setting sights on ravenous pike

NEVADA game wardens who spend most of their time hunting down big-game poachers are focusing on a serious threat to nature in a lake – an invasive fish species that eats all the other fish prized by anglers and then turns cannibalistic

FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo, a Chinook salmon, second from the bottom, swims in the Columbia River with sockeye salmon at the Bonneville Dam fish-counting window near North Bonneville, Wash. A group that represents farmers is calling the costs of saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest unsustainable and is turning to the Trump administration to sidestep endangered species laws. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

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Farmers want to see people put ahead of fish

A GROUP that represents farmers is calling the costs of saving imperilled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest unsustainable and is turning to the Trump administration to sidestep endangered species laws

Grizzly Bears at Katmai National Park, Alaska, US.Sunday Escape pointer

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‘God Squad’ hits out at costs of saving salmon

A GROUP that represents farmers is calling the costs of saving imperiled salmon in the largest river system in the Pacific Northwest unsustainable and is turning to the Trump administration to sidestep endangered species laws

A Hawaiian monk seal pup, right, and her mother rest on a Waikiki beach in Honolulu on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. State and federal authorities plan to move a newborn Hawaiian monk seal away from congested Waikiki so it can remain a wild animal and won't become accustomed to interacting with people. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy)

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Plans to keep newborn Hawaiian monk seal wild

STATE and federal authorities plan to move a newborn Hawaiian monk seal away from congested Waikiki so it can remain a wild animal and won’t become accustomed to interacting with people

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Daniel McCormack hooks up on a 86cm Barramundi in the Archer River in North Queensland, the prize fish put on an aerial display before being released. Picture: Marc McCormack

Open season at Mary River

THE Mary River will be open for year-round barramundi fishing from Friday.

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Fred Brooks and Robert “Greeny” Green with the estimated 75kg black marlin caught on the last neaps on the way to Bathurst Trench

Venturing far and wide to reel in that whale of a sail

Fingers crossed that the weather prophets have it right that conditions will be ideal for Darwin Game Fishing Club’s annual NT Billfish Classic, which starts this Saturday and continues for three days.

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Aaron Destro with his first legal barra - a big 105cm specimen caught at East Point

Worth the wait

After trying for five years to catch a legal barra, Aaron Destro struck it big with a 105cm specimen at East Point.

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Matthew Evans in a scene from documentary series, What's the Catch? Supplied by SBS

Evans lifting the lid on grim seafood secrets

You don’t go to a restaurant and order a mammal pie, so why is it normal to buy a fish pie?

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So who needs a boat?

ALEX Patsalides caught his 6th metery barramundi from a land base so far this year on October 24.

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With the weather warming up, crocodiles are becoming more active, and experts are warning Cairns residents to be wary around waterways. Crocodiles swim in the lagoon at Hartley's Crocodile Adventures, Wangetti. Picture: Brendan Radke

Man catches croc

A FISHO trying to catch a barra was shocked when he hooked a crocodile instead.

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Shark caught on drumlines off Gold Coast Supplied by Harrison Townsend harrison.townsend@griffithuni.edu.au Story: Laura Nelson

No more drumlines but sharks not off hook

The West Australian Premier says he is relieved the Government will no longer need to ask Canberra for permission to catch and kill sharks that pose an imminent threat.

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