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

The minister stated that output controls such as the total allowable catch, particularly individual transferable quotas, are the preferred approach to fisheries management and that small pelagic fish species including localised depletion were unlikely, and that the Australian Fisheries Management Authority, as the independent authority responsible for the sustainable management of Commonwealth fisheries, has continued to play that role very well. Can the minister explain what has changed since Monday?