❓ Hon Murray Criddle questions the Minister for Fisheries about policing recreational fishing after the closure of the commercial demersal scalefish fishery and potential future closures. The Minister responds, outlining compliance plans and a review of fisheries.
AnsweredQoN 898Legislative Council
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WEST COAST DEMERSAL SCALEFISH MANAGEMENT PLAN 898. Hon MURRAY CRIDDLE to the Minister for Fisheries: Given the minister’s recent decision to close the commercial demersal scalefish fishery between Lancelin and Mandurah - (1) Who will police the increasing recreational sector, and who will pay? (2) What other fisheries is the government considering closing to commercial operators? Hon JON FORD
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I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
WEST COAST DEMERSAL SCALEFISH MANAGEMENT PLAN
Given the minister’s recent decision to close the commercial demersal scalefish fishery between Lancelin and Mandurah - (1) Who will police the increasing recreational sector, and who will pay? (2) What other fisheries is the government considering closing to commercial operators? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
(1) Who will police the increasing recreational sector, and who will pay? (2) What other fisheries is the government considering closing to commercial operators? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
(2) What other fisheries is the government considering closing to commercial operators? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
(1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
(2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
WEST COAST DEMERSAL SCALEFISH MANAGEMENT PLAN
Given the minister’s recent decision to close the commercial demersal scalefish fishery between Lancelin and Mandurah - (1) Who will police the increasing recreational sector, and who will pay? (2) What other fisheries is the government considering closing to commercial operators? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
(1) Who will police the increasing recreational sector, and who will pay? (2) What other fisheries is the government considering closing to commercial operators? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
(2) What other fisheries is the government considering closing to commercial operators? Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
Hon JON FORD replied: I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
I thank Hon Murray Criddle for the question. (1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
(1) We have to decide what we are going to do with a management plan for the metropolitan zone; therefore, any new rules that we are currently considering or will consider will include a compliance regime. I had a meeting with my compliance staff last week and, interestingly enough, my compliance manager told me that it was the first meeting with a minister to look at compliance in his 30 years with fisheries. I expect compliance by the recreational sector in that zone will be paid for out of consolidated revenue and from outside the fisheries budget. The new rules, hopefully, will be complementary to an easier compliance regime. (2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
(2) I have forgotten the second part of the question. Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
Hon Murray Criddle : Are you considering closing further fisheries to the commercial sector? Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
Hon JON FORD : At the moment I am giving consideration to issues with Geographe Bay, which is an ongoing debate. I have had meetings with commercial fishers in Geographe Bay and the recreational sector there, and I expect I will make an announcement within the next seven days on that matter. Apart from that, with regard to general fisheries, we are trying to preserve the commercial fisheries. However, we are reviewing the general value of fisheries, their economic viability and contribution to the economy, and also their effect on other major fisheries and the reputation of commercial fisheries in Western Australia. There will be a broad-brush review, the outcome of which I cannot anticipate. At this moment the only fisheries I am considering closing or putting in a voluntary adjustment scheme, apart from the ones in the wetline review, are the ones associated with Geographe Bay; that is, typically the salmon fishery there, a beachline fishery that targets whitebait and bluebait, a component of demersal net fishing and a component of wetline.
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