QUEENSLAND Country Life has reported that LNP spokesperson for fisheries Tony Perrett wants to see the science behind the gillnet fishing ban before he commits the party to overturning the ban.
The LNP, should it attain government after the October state election, said it wants to se peer-reviewed science before basing a decision on the gillnet ban.
Queensland Country Life said Katter’s Australian Party moved to disallow the government’s attempt to ban gillnet fishing in the Gulf of Carpentaria in parliament’s last sitting week, saying it would force the government and the LNP to put on public record if they support the fishing industry “or if they want to be led by the ear from the environmental extremists at UNESCO”.
Opposition fisheries spokesperson, the LNP’s Tony Perrett said: “We don’t get access to any of the information the government apparently made its decisions on”.
“I’m very cautious – commercial and recreational fishers alike, and charter boat operators, think the government has made decisions based on an ideological point of view.
“They’re telling me there’s a loss of confidence in the fisheries department, linked back to government policies.
“We won’t be making a decision based on ideology but on peer-reviewed science.”
Source: www.queenslandcountrylife.com.au
