Tasmanian Rock Lobster Fishery
I understand how hard it must be for them because they have been strung along for a very long time.
I understand how hard it must be for them because they have been strung along for a very long time.
This fix will enable the Inland Fisheries Service to garner legal licence fees but particularly royalties in relation to wild eel catches.
It’s destructive for the Hodgman Government to continue to play favourites with the salmon industry above - and at the cost of - others.
I also want to pay tribute to a couple of other communities in Tasmania who have celebrated such important wins over the last couple of months.
Huon Aquaculture’s move to open a zombie finfish lease in Norfolk Bay for their POMV-infected salmon is a retrograde step.
The industry will be greatly relieved the government listened to their calls for on-island shellfish testing facilities.
Since 2012, the State's shellfish industries have been plagued with paralytic shellfish toxin, resulting in 50 Tasmanian farms being closed this year.
The protest outside the Liberal Party Conference is another reminder of the strong opposition within the community to a supertrawler in Tasmanian waters.
Minister Rockliff needs to reveal to the Tasmanian public the intentions of the State government regarding the ongoing debacle that is the Geelong Star.
The Liberals stand exposed for lying their way into government, by promising anti-super trawler campaigners to oppose ‘freezer factory trawlers’.