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Australia Toughens Stance Against Longlining

Author: Rick Gaffney
Game fishing groups have applauded the Australian government's decision to introduce tough new laws to protect black and blue marlin from commercial fishing, with fines of up to $12,500 for operators breaking the law.

Holiday In Wales Resources and Energy Minister Warwick Parer said a small number of commercial operators had ignored a voluntary ban on marlin, and the government would impose a mandatory ban.

Holiday Wales "Commercial fishing operators that catch black and blue marlin will be required to return them to the sea whether they are dead or alive," Senator Parer said in a statement.

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Cottage Holiday In Wales The ban would apply to both the domestic industry and the foreign longliners who fish in Australian waters, he said.

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Caravan Holiday In Wales The value of billfish to the fishing community was also acknowledged in an agreement between game fishers and the commercial fishing industry to place a wider voluntary ban in Area E, the far North Queensland breeding ground for marlin, according to the Game Fishing Association of Australia.

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