Australia: Fishing Sector to Have Fees Waived Amid Algal Bloom 'Uncertainty'
South Australian commercial fishers can apply to have licence and other government fees waived if their catches have been impacted by the state's toxic algal bloom, which has now spread to the Port River.
Fishers have been calling on the state government for financial relief amid the ongoing Karenia mikimotoi outbreak, which Environment Minister Susan Close estimates has led to "tens of thousands, if not more, individual animals" washing up dead on the state's beaches.
Following talks with the commercial fishing industry, the state government today said affected...
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