No fishing – that’s the law

Announcing a major fishing closure over most of the upstream Mary River catchment (from today, 1 August) are, from left, Mary River Catchment Co-ordinating Committee operations manager Brad Wedlock, Fisheries Queensland officers Craig Townsend and Vaughan Heath, Gympie MP and Minister in charge of fisheries Tony Perrett, MRCCC chair Ian Mackay, Darren Knowles from HinterNoosa Hatchery, MRCCC worker Nathaniel Larsen and Gympie Regional Council environmental services co-ordinator Dan Morgan.

For most of the year there is some relaxation for people who inadvertently catch protected Mary River cod, but accidents […]

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