The fishers want the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to finalise plans to split resources between the local commercial and small-scale fishing sectors before November 15 this year.
In October last year the minister released a proposed amendment bill which offered a 50/50 split in the total allowable catch in abalone, a 50/50 split in the total allowable effort in linefish, and a 75/25 split in the total allowable effort in squid for the local commercial sector and small-scale sector respectively.
The memorandum says: “The levels of poverty in our fishing communities, combined with its associated social ills, continues to rip through our communities with the devastating effects of a wild fire, and in its wake our fishers and their families are the smouldering embers of a failed system.
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