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Mrs PENFOLD (Flinders): Will the Treasurer, representing the Minister for
Fisheries, confirm that the announced cuts to fisheries compliance officers
will not be made on
Eyre Peninsula? The minister announced on
27 June 2002 that the two compliance officers
in Whyalla (located in the electorate of Giles) would remain giving the
giant cuttlefish breeding waters as the reason.
Eyre Peninsula, excluding Whyalla, produces around 65 per
cent of the state's seafood harvest, has the majority of aquaculture
industries and a coastline longer than Tasmania's. Commercial industries, as
well as recreational fishing, require inspection. Only recently the
Australian Institute of Criminology (report number 225) outlined the extent
of abalone poaching and concluded that continued assessment, monitoring,
regulation and policing must be used to address the threat facing the legal
fishing industry.
The Hon. K.O. FOLEY (Deputy Premier):
I will be pleased to provide the honourable member with a detailed response
from the minister.
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