Welcome to www.safefishing.com.au, a service of the Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW, sponsored by the NSW Recreational Fishing Trusts, NSW Sport & Recreation, Australian National Sportfishing Association and the fishing tackle industry.
Check out our rock fishing safety video!
This video is also available in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese.
You can order a free information kit for yourself, your fishing club or your school, including the DVD and multilingual pamphlets, simply by emailing us.
Did you know EPIRBs are changing?
 Distress beacons such as EPIRBs, ELTs and PLBs are changing. From 1 Feb 09 the old 121.5MHz distress beacons are no longer detected by satellite. You must update to the new (and much more powerful) 406 MHz beacons, many of which are GPS capable, greatly increasing your chance of fast rescue in an emergency. For a quick guide to distress beacons and how to upgrade and register, click to download this quick guide from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority.
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Don't go fishing without checking these sites for weather and other handy info!
Bureau of Meterology
Weather reports and forecasts including boating and severe weather warnings.
Bar crossing webcams
NSW Maritime's web-cam vision of the coastal bars to help boat owners in preparing for a voyage offshore.
Elders weather
Another popular source of weather info for Australian recreational fishers.
NSW Maritime
Website chock-a-block full of boating info including regulations, licences, safety, courses, maps, DVDs and videos, weather and tides, info for schools and more.
Boating Handbook
Download a free copy of NSW Maritime's Boating Handbook
Manly Hydraulics Laboratory
Tidal information for NSW
Australian Red Cross
Info on first aid training courses and products.
St Johns Ambulance Australia
Info on first aid training courses and products.
NSW Department of Primary Industries (Fisheries)
Info on fishing in NSW, regulations, licences, fish species, habitat and plenty of how-to advice.
SafeWaters
Boating, beach and pool safety information from the NSW government
Recreational Fishing Alliance of NSW
Representing the anglers of NSW
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