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07/02/09 Recreational fishers’ attitudes towards the 2004 rezoning of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park.Results indicate that recreational fishers can be strong supporters of conservation initiatives in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park if these initiatives are consistent with their values, and if efforts are made to engage them in the decision making process.

 

 

Protect the Grey Mackerel Local residents, recreational fishers, local commercial line fishers and traditional owners in the Port Douglas region are concerned about the devastating effects of commercial gill netting targeting spawning aggregations of the Grey Mackerel and other inshore species. This is occurring in the shadow of the iconic and world famous Daintree World Heritage area. Australian and International law provides protection for threatened habitats and species on land - but less than a kilometer offshore commercial boats from other Queensland Ports pillage annual gatherings of the Grey Mackerel legally, despite netting being banned for other mackerel species long ago. There are concerns that this species is being fished to commercial extinction and local fishers note the effects of indiscriminate netting on the stocks of other species such as Queen fish. Traditional owners and other residents are also concerned about the deaths of dugongs, sea turtles and other so called 'by-catch' in the nets used to target Grey Mackerel.

 

 

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