Recreational Fishers Back Move to Encourage Investment in Queensland Commercial Seafood
Recreational fishers have backed a move to lift warnings that were stifling investment in commercial seafood operations, saying both sectors have been neglected.
For more than a decade, every fishery in the state was subject to an investment warning that indicated regulation changes were on the cards that could affect the financial viability of businesses.
But the Queensland government has removed them, effective immediately, saying 93 per cent of Queensland's fishing stocks had been identified as sustainable.
David Trask, the president of the Queensland Game Fishing Association (QGFA), which...
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