Ron Boswell (Queensland, National Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a further supplementary question. Is the minister aware of Mr Hansard's statement that recreational anglers have been locked out of Osprey Reef in the Coral Sea, Geographe Bay, the Perth trench, Dampier and other areas and that there will be 'significant implications on the coastal communities that support recreational fishing'? Will the government offer compensation to the coastal communities that will lose significant revenue through tourism and visitations from amateurs who want to fish in these areas?