Senate debates

Tuesday, 18 September 2012

Bills

Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Amendment (Declared Commercial Fishing Activities) Bill 2012; In Committee

6:07 pm

Photo of Eric AbetzEric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Employment and Workplace Relations) Share this | Hansard source

If I may, I have a few questions to ask of the minister. First of all, did Minister Burke table the Commonwealth harvest strategy 2009? Was he provided with a brief when he tabled the strategy? Did that strategy that he had tabled refer to the fact that, in relation to this particular fishery:

… the most efficient way to fish may include large scale factory freezer vessels.

If so, how many such vessels, noting the term was in the plural, was the minister contemplating?

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