Queensland Draft Fisheries Strategy

The Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation has recently released a Draft Fisheries Strategy document for public comment. This study acknowledges an ongoing decline in the participation, production and profitability of our commercial fishing industry both in Queensland and nationally. It also recognises that, “Over many years Queensland’s fisheries management has developed a vast legislative framework of regulations, procedures, practices, rules, limits and permit conditions.” After noting that this, “...has resulted in a relatively inflexible system...”. it suggests a need to develop a more “flexible, adaptive, responsive system.”