Department of Fisheries WA

Department of Fisheries WA is the official YouTube channel for the Western Australian Minister of Fisheries, it is managed by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development, which was created in 2017 upon the merger of several departments including the Department of Fisheries. The current minister of Fisheries is Don Punch, since a cabinet reshuffle in 2021.
==Background==
This department was originally formed as the Department of Aborigines and Fisheries in 1909https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006471b.htm#related before becoming the Department of Fisheries in 1920https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006481b.htm#related which lasted until 1964 when it was renamed the Department of Fisheries and Faunahttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006486b.htm and then the Department of Fisheries and Wildlife in 1974https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006487b.htm#related, and then finally becoming the Department of Fisheries again in 1986https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006522b.htm#related. In 1997 the department devolved into an agency, Fisheries Western Australiahttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006523b.htm#related, up until 2001 when became the Department of Fisheries for the final timehttps://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006524b.htm#related, as it was merged with the Departments of Agriculture and Food, and Regional Development to form the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) in 2017https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006525b.htm#related.
The Minister of Fisheries, Donald "Don" Punch oversees the Fisheries segment of the DPIRD, which is responsible for monitoring fish stocks, preserving and conserving aquatic ecosystems and species in Western Australia's water bodies, both externally and internallyhttps://www.fish.wa.gov.au/About-Us/Pages/default.aspx.
== Content ==
Artemia aquaculture segment ('Fishing with ET' TV series), uploaded on 12 August 2011, was the first video upload to the Department of Fisheries WA channel, it has a duration of over 3 minutes which has over 5,000 views, 32 likes and 2 comments as of 16 March 2024https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CiD-Zmv9RW8. The video is an excerpt from the Channel 9 television series, Fishing with EThttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_with_ET, it features a segment on brine shrimp species, artemia, also known as 'sea monkeys'https://marinewaters.fish.wa.gov.au/resource/artemia/?pdf_export=1#:~:text=Artemia%20are%20also%20known%20as,because%20they%20are%20excellent%20acrobats!.
As of 16 March 2024, Underwater video of fish assemblages using baited cameras in the Perth Canyon, Western Australia is the most popular video on the channel, having over 229,000 views, 801 likes and 62 comments, the video was uploaded on 15 February 2012https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d27m1ECzxA. The current channel trailer is Whale research is vital to better fisheries management in WA, uploaded on 26 September 2019, with over 700 views, 4 likes and 1 commenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4wk5ormRAs.
== References ==
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