Industry spokespeople fear corporate takeovers of a proposed non-transferable systemSA Primary Industries Minister Tim Whetstone this month outlined key goals of a $24.5 million Marine Scalefish Fishery reform package he hoped to have in place by mid-2021, which would allocate transferable quotas to commercial fishing licenses.due to what Mr Whetstone called "dire, decimated" stocks.
"Already, they have been companies sniffing around wanting to buy large chunks of quota," Mr Morgan said. "If you're out fishing for other species because you've already filled your quota for those four species, but you accidentally catch a whiting in the process anyway, then you'll have to throw that whiting back and it will be dead already," Mr Morgan said.Corporates have 'no stewardship'
"The Marshall Liberal Government will work with the industry to entrench, as the enduring foundation of the industry, our small, local family fishing businesses." "I think the Government wants to keep recreational fishers on-side, the problem is, if you're only addressing one part of the industry, you'll leave the tap open at the other end," Mr Morgan said.
Here we go, greed taking over again.