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Conservationists and recreational fishers say Queensland’s rollout of major fisheries reforms, designed to tackle the issues along the Great Barrier Reef, has stalled. Photograph: Lucas Jackson/Reuters
September 10, 2020
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Under-regulated fishing along the Great Barrier Reef is putting the world’s biggest coral reef system at further risk as it deals with repeated mass bleaching events, the Australia government’s marine park authority has found. Conservationists and recreational fishing groups have told Guardian Australia the Queensland government’s rollout of major fisheries reforms, designed to tackle the issues along the reef, has stalled.

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