Simon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Education and Training) Share this | Hansard source

In relation to the issue of Commonwealth marine parks and particularly the economic impact, I'm happy to inform the senator that these plans are critically important for all marine users—commercial and recreational fishers, the dive industry, aquarium businesses and tourism operators. Compared to the previous Labor government's proposed plans, the coalition's plans halve the economic impact to commercial fishers, including, in the senator's home state of Tasmania, entities like Petuna Seafoods, which operates through Commonwealth waters along the east coast and beyond and employs some 264 people. Our management plans for Australian marine parks give them certainty over their fishing grounds—

Senator Pratt interjecting—