NT government urged to reform barramundi laws to protect lucrative recreational fishing industry

NT government urged to reform barramundi laws to protect lucrative recreational fishing industry

Source: abc

9/26/2023

Credit: ABC Rural: Daniel Fitzgerald

A snap ban on commercial barramundi fishing in remote Arnhem Land waters has prompted calls for an urgent overhaul of the Northern Territory's fishing laws, to better safeguard future barra stocks.

The Amateur Fishermen's Association of the NT (AFANT) is concerned the NT's barra supplies are being put at risk as commercial barramundi fishers start to shift from banned areas in Arnhem Land to recreational fishing hotspots such as the Roper River and Anson Bay, at the mouth of the Daly River.

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