Thursday, 26 Oct, 2023
Final days: Fresh caught barramundi off the menu By this time next week, the barramundi season will be closed on Queensland’s east-coast and with gill net bans coming into effect on 31 December, this is the last week many commercial fishers will operate. The future of hundreds of affected fishers and their families remains in […]
Read moreTuesday, 22 Aug, 2023
A massive crowd of supporters have rallied together at Brisbane’s Parliament House to pledge their support for Queensland’s at-risk Seafood Industry. The rally, organised and promoted by Townsville local fisherman and retailer Lucas Dansie, was prompted off the back of the Federal and Queensland Governments’ impulsive announcement in June that all gillnet fishing would be […]
Read moreFriday, 21 Jul, 2023
Commercial fishers across Queensland have had their hopes destroyed of a fair go following a State Government announcement that the independent Future Fisheries Taskforce will be Chaired by a past World Wildlife Fund (WWF) employee of nine years, Mr John Tanzer. The Future Fisheries Taskforce (Taskforce) was formulated in the wake of the industry destroying […]
Read moreSunday, 26 Jun, 2022
Commercial mackerel fishers have been left in the dark after the Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries, Mark Furner failed to come clean in Parliament this week on looming Spanish mackerel quota reductions which may come into effect July 1.
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