Queensland and New South Wales anglers have been told that the protection up to the high water mark included in the soon to be released Southwest Bioregional Plan should be seen as a precedent for what will be included in the East Marine Bioregional Plan.
Fishing groups are waiting on the release of the Southwest plan, the next bioregional plan for Australian waters to be implemented, to assess what conservation measures may be in the East Marine plan that will be released next year.
More once the Southwest is released.
