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Cairns Recreational Fishing Industry Stakeholders (CAREFISH) is the peak body representing the recreational fishing industry in the WEet Tropics region and is a partner of Wet Tropics Waterways.
In this episode CAREFISH founder and spokesman Paul Aubin talks about his results in lobbying for more sustainable recreational and commercial fishing in the region.
The group successfully lobbied the Queensland Government for the implementation of a "Net Free Zone" in Trinity Inlet and the surrounding area in an effort to protect important breeding habitat for barramundi and other species. There is strong anecdotal evidence of the numbers and size of fish in the inlet has increased dramatically as a result.
By James Donaldson, Wet Tropics WaterwaysCairns Recreational Fishing Industry Stakeholders (CAREFISH) is the peak body representing the recreational fishing industry in the WEet Tropics region and is a partner of Wet Tropics Waterways.
In this episode CAREFISH founder and spokesman Paul Aubin talks about his results in lobbying for more sustainable recreational and commercial fishing in the region.
The group successfully lobbied the Queensland Government for the implementation of a "Net Free Zone" in Trinity Inlet and the surrounding area in an effort to protect important breeding habitat for barramundi and other species. There is strong anecdotal evidence of the numbers and size of fish in the inlet has increased dramatically as a result.