The breakthrough came on Tuesday as Department of Fisheries supervising scientist Dr Michael Snow said exhaustive tests had isolated a spike in an algal group or diatom called Chaetoceros spp. This ...

The West Australian Government insists the health of Cockburn Sound has improved over the past decade, despite fears over water quality sparked by the unexplained death of thousands of fish. The fish ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them anytime. Fishing fanatics in Perth are responding eagerly to an appeal by Recfishwest to help re-stock Cockburn Sound, near Perth, with pink ...

An estimated 500kg — or two bathtubs full — of non-GM canola was accidentally dumped into Cockburn Sound off the Kwinana grain jetty in November, as workers were commissioning a newly renovated ship ...

A total ban on recreational and commercial crabbing in Cockburn Sound starts today and will be enforced until mid-December. Critically low numbers led to a complete ban on crabbing in the area in 2006 ...

Stop AUKUS Western Australia launched its Nuke Free Cockburn Sound campaign on March 15, the day after Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the AUKUS nuclear submarine deal in San Diego in the ...

An unknown natural event is likely responsible for a large-scale fish kill on Perth's south coast, according to the Department of Fisheries. More than 1500 dead pink snapper and blowfish have washed ...

DEAD fish and birds, including a pelican, have been found in Shoalwater, sparking fears problems plaguing the Cockburn Sound are spreading. A man named Liam posted on Facebook he came across dead ...

The huge AUKUS project promises much for Fremantle and Cockburn Sound. It is supported by both major parties. Billions of dollars and thousands of local jobs are touted to pour into our region .

A BLOOM of microscopic algae, which is not harmful to humans, has been confirmed as the likely cause of an alarming fish kill in Cockburn Sound. The breakthrough came on Tuesday as Department of ...