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It seems Australia is safe for at least 2 years from the famed Super Trawler that was set to rape our seas. The Environmental Minister Tony Burke has quashed the trawlers chances with a ban. New laws were introduced to parliament today giving government more powers to protect our fisheries from companies intending to use the Abel Tasman such as Seafish Tasmania.
Main reasons for the change apart from public outcry are concerns over the trawlers ability to easily catch and kill marine animals such as Dolphins and Seals (Along with endangered Sharks). While many will no doubt know the chances of a ship this size returning to our waters come two years will be quite high it is reassuring to read that public outcry over the trawlers action was high on the governments agenda.
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