Sunfish Fraser Coast

• Proposal for the Creation of Recreational Fishing Havens: Cooloola and Fraser Island

A proposal to have the beaches of Cooloola and Fraser Island declared net free to make them a Recreational Fishing Haven has been gaining traction. Decades of research by Teewah local Lindsay Dines has uncovered some startling and very worrying trends in relation to the effects that regular netting has on beach fish species and the consequences of that. This proposal outlines the necessity for greater protective measures of the inshore fish stocks of the Cooloola and Fraser Island region to be implemented. Serious depletion of commercially targeted species’ populations have occurred over recent decades, primarily as a result of overfishing by the commercial sector. If you wish to support this proposal pick up the phone and ring your local state government member as well as the fisheries minister and the shadow minister or send them an email. Download the PDF Here.

Contact details are

Local Members
David Gibson
tel: 548 23651
fax: 548 25711
gympie@parliament.qld.gov.au

Chris Foley
tel: 412 22277
fax: 412 21980
maryborough@parliament.qld.gov.au

Ted Sorensen
tel: 412 41386
fax: 412 41443
hervey.bay@parliament.qld.gov.au

Fisheries Minister
Craig Wallace
tel: 477 33116
fax: 477 35013
thuringowa@parliament.qld.gov.au

Shadow Minister
Mark Robinson
tel: 328 62726
fax: 328 65418
cleveland@parliament.qld.gov.au

Premier
Anna Bligh
tel: 325 53615
fax: 325 53627
south.brisbane@parliament.qld.gov.au