'On a path to oblivion': Abalone limit cut rejected amid fears for industry future

They are a world-renowned delicacy and one of the most expensive seafoods on the market, but Tasmanian wild-caught abalone could soon be wiped out if current quotas aren't reduced, according to one industry expert.The total allowable catch of abalone across Tasmanian waterways for 2019 is 1,267,000 kilograms

After suggesting the limit be reduced by two-thirds for 2020, a member of the Abalone Council was removed from his positionAt a packed general meeting of the Abalone Council on Saturday night, after suggesting the total allowable catch be reduced by two thirds to prevent the industry from being on a"path to oblivion", council member and Tasmanian Seafoods general manager Darvin Hansen was removed from the council.

The council instead voted for a 19 per cent quota reduction — something Mr Hansen described as"ineffective" and based on a strategy that is"modelled to be palatable to the industry … developed by norming to what the industry has done in the past". Mr Hansen said he was aware of divers of"30 years' experience" who were working in areas unfished for ten months due to weather — who were diving on gutters"that should get 1.7 tonnes … they're getting 150 kilos".Chair of the Abalone Council Joey McGibbon said Mr Hansen was not removed from the committee because of his personal views, adding Mr Hansen still"gets a lot of support".

"Unfortunately, he didn't get back on [the council] but fortunately someone else gets a chance," Mr McGibbon said.

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