Queensland Fisheries Indicate Still No Sign of Scallops
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Observer (Gladstone)] Christine McKee - July 14, 2017
Six replenishment areas remain closed to trawlers
SIX scallop replenishment areas off Gladstone, Rockhampton and Bundaberg will remain closed to all trawling, with no signs of reopening.
The closures were put in place on January 3 this year when stock assessments indicated catch rates were the worst seen in 39 years, potentially as low as 5-6% of 1977 biomass levels.
A Fisheries Queensland spokesman this week said the replenishment areas would not reopen until there was confidence...
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