The history of Port Lincoln’s fabled tuna industry runs rich with the tales of men who rose from the ashes of post-war Europe to find their fortunes in the savage waters of the Southern Ocean.

Port Lincoln was supposed to be South Australia’s capital, but due to a lack of reliable fresh water, Adelaide got the gig. Tuna farms are among the industries locals fear would be damaged if a ...

It was a holy occasion as The Vatican won overall champion boat at the 2025 Port Lincoln Tuna Classic last [...] ...

said the federal and state officers were boarding a commercial tuna vessel north-west of Thistle Island, near Port Lincoln, when their boat, Remora, capsized on Sunday. The fisheries staff were ...

Amasone Rutetee, from Kiribati and on his second seasonal stint working on the tuna farms, said Port Lincoln was beginning to feel like home. "In Kiribati, we don't have anything, there's some ...

"Port Lincoln is so unique ... they were attaching to some of the early tuna farming cages, so we decided that we would take the plunge and try and develop a mussel industry here," he said.