The traditional owners say the practice of gillnetting is having an unacceptable impact on the environment and are pushing to establish a joint management agreement with the NT government.
abc.net.au/news/traditional-owners-suspend-barramundi-fishing-in-arnhem-land/102880750Yolngu traditional owners have halted commercial barramundi fishing in an important region in north-east Arnhem Land, claiming industry practices have led to the deaths of dolphins, dugongs, turtles and crocodiles.
Gillnets are large rectangular nets suspended vertically in the water, often near the mouth of a river. Traditional owner Guyulen/Helen Guyula said she had witnessed "concerning amounts" of bycatch washing up on shore, which she claimed happened as a result of gillnetting by commercial fishing vessels.
NLC chief executive Joe Martin-Jard says traditional owners want gillnetting banned in Buckingham Bay.The rights of traditional owners to control the intertidal zone – the area between high and low tide – on Indigenous land was recognised in the 2008Since then, recreational and commercial fishing access to Indigenous-owned waters has tightened, with the implementation of permit systems and some traditional owners ending access to certain areas.
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