Unfamiliar conditions can prove fatal during rock fishing

Australia’s beautiful coastline attracts over a million anglers on the rocks each year. But it’s also Australia’s most dangerous sport with nearly 200 deaths since 2014 - due to a lack of awareness of the risks involved. Over three-quarters of victims were born overseas – half of them from Asia.

Check the weather before you go rock fishing Source: AAP / AAP/ Paul Miller

Key Points

• Nearly 200 rock fishing-related deaths have been recorded in Australia since 2004.
• 71 per cent of deaths are known to have occurred due to fishers being washed off rocks by waves.
• Almost three-quarters of rock fishing victims were born overseas, 53 per cent of them from Asia.

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