The once-thriving commercial fishing industry in the Sunshine State has been in decline for decades.
One fisherman blames the spiralling volume of red tape based on environmental activism.
While well-meaning, the policies have put pressure on the fishing fleets, resulting in thousands going out of work, and ship numbers dropping from around 200 boats in the 1980s, to 75 today.
A Fisherman’s Tale
Queensland commercial fisherman Damian Langley is facing such a challenge.
He is locked in a legal battle with the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries (DAF) after one of his boats accidentally steered into a marine park—a protected nature reserve covering sea and ocean. ...
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