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Outrage as Fishing industry cops another below

Outrage as Fishing industry cops another below

Member for Hill Shane Knuth said he was not surprised at the anger directed towards what has been described as a "gutless" action taken by the Queensland Government after the announcement of the latest ban on Gillnet Fishing along Queensland's East Coast. Attending a...

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Compensation the only fair way forward for fishers: KAP

Compensation the only fair way forward for fishers: KAP

Katter’s Australian Party MPs have called on Queensland Minister for Fisheries Mark Furner to apologise for his claim that the allegedly dire state of the east coast Spanish mackerel was the result of “overfishing” and have demanded he commit to compensating commercial fishers impacted by any forthcoming cuts to annual catch quotas

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