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Weighing in Australian Ladies' records is a great way to get a reward out of doing the sport you love. There aren’t enough ladies in the sport, unfortunately, and as such there are some gaping holes in the record books where ladies records should be – LET’S FILL THEM! A few women's records that you...
 About 6 months ago I decided that my passion for spearfishing and the ocean was becoming more than just a hobby. I was working week on week off out at the mines and no matter how much I dived on my breaks either in Cairns or Overseas it was never enough. I found myself getting...
If you’re a junior in spearfishing then you are no doubt looking up to some of the bigger players in the sport, like Cameron Kirkconnell, and wondering ‘how can I benefit from doing this sport I love, more than taking home a few fish?’. Claiming Australian Junior Records is a fantastic start!Adreno receives many sponsorship...
UK scientists have found large numbers of a new crab species on the Southern Ocean floor that they have dubbed "The Hoff" because of its hairy chest. The animal was discovered living around volcanic vents off South Georgia.Great piles of the crabs were seen to come together. The creature has still to be formally classified,...
Fishing with a hand spear is such an ancient technique that we don’t even know its exact origins. Fishing all started with sharpened sticks, with rock painting evidence that these harpoons were used over 16,000 years ago.Spearfishing is even mentioned in the Bible. American Indians, Amazonian hunters and Australian aboriginals have practiced spearfishing for thousands...
After cyclone Yasi hit nearly a year ago, the numbers of sea cucumbers in the area had decreased significantly. This isn’t something many people other than marine biologists would notice, unless you are in the ‘sea cucumber business’. Sea cucumbers are considered a delicacy in China and they fetch over $130/kg once dried (as ‘trepong’)....
A second reported death of a spearfishermen within a week has again sparked the debate about how safe this sport is. Just last weekend a spearo in New Zealand disappeared while cathing a kingfish and a few days later keen fisherman and barge skipper David Fordson also died, in north Queensland. He was spearfishing on...
World-record freediver David Mullins was among a small group who desperately tried to save Eric De Vries, a highly experienced spearfisherman who died off the Kapiti Coast in New Zealand this weekend. Mullins told how he and his companions desperately tried to find Eric De Vries after he failed to surface after spearing a kingfish...
People were going deep-sea fishing for large delicacies such as tuna as long as 42,000 years ago, Australian researchers have discovered. The world's oldest fish hook, dated at between 16,000 and 23,000 years old, has also been unearthed from a cave site in East Timor.The ancient, broken hook was crafted from shell and is "the...
Queensland fisheries last week revoked the law that required recreational fishers (and spearo’s) to cut the pectoral fin off their fish.The reasoning behing the law was to prevent illegal marketing of coral reef fin fish and Spanish mackerel, however, it was found that the requirement did not help to prevent the illegal marketing. As a...