News & Alerts

• Surf Life Saving WA weekend helicopter patrols underway in time for spring
• Cook Government committing $12.6 million to helicopter patrols and vital frontline safety services over the next four years
• Western Australia's $17.3 million Shark Hazard Mitigation Strategy one of the most comprehensive approaches in the country

• Cook Labor Government commits $500,000 for safe swimming beach enclosure at Fremantle's Bathers Beach, as part of the State's shark hazard mitigation strategy
• Seven new Beach Emergency Number (BEN) signs to be installed along the Swan River
• State Government commits more than $17 million to shark mitigation initiatives 

• $17.3 million boost for Cook Government Shark Hazard Mitigation strategy in 2024-25 State Budget
• New funding includes $12.6 million to continue helicopter patrols and vital frontline safety services over the next four years
• $4.7 million boost to support key measures of the Strategy, one of the most comprehensive approaches in the country

Recent reports of western Australian salmon schools off Albany and the South West Coast are early reminders of the annual and much-awaited salmon run.

It’s good news for fishers that the salmon are turning up in time for Easter, with Good Friday and the school holidays kicking off on 29 March.

Western Australians and tourists are enjoying the State's ocean and river experiences this summer and embracing the State Government's shark mitigation measures to stay safer in the water.

• Downloads of the Cook Government's SharkSmart WA app have passed 150,000 this summer   
• SharkSmart app delivers near real-time alerts and warnings of shark activity along WA coast
• New Bicton Baths beach enclosure providing popular safe swimming spot for families

• Cook Government delivers new shark hazard mitigation measures for Swan Canning Estuary
• Bicton Baths beach enclosure installation complete
• Three new shark monitoring receivers to be installed in the Swan River

• New restrictions to prohibit shark fishing gear within 800m of shore from south of Mandurah to Two Rocks, including all waters of the Swan Canning Estuary
• Cook Government continuing to work with local councils on shark hazard mitigation strategies

• Cook Government provides $4 million for Surf Life Saving WA helicopter patrols in 2023/24
• Weekend patrols have begun, switching to daily from school holidays
• Surf Life Savers on beaches and in the air provide vital frontline safety services

• The Cook Government delivering on commitment to expand comprehensive shark hazard mitigation strategy to the Swan Canning Estuary
• The project includes investing $300,000 to build the $320,000 Bicton Baths beach enclosure
• Bibra Lake business Global Marine Enclosures awarded contract

With the Easter break and school holidays upon us, this is a fun-filled time of the year for fishing-keen families to enjoy a south coast or South-West getaway and chase western Australian salmon​ during their annual migration along our State’s coast.