Conservationists have criticised proposed changes to fishing laws in Tasmania.

Under the state’s existing fishing laws, no person is allowed to take any fish or marine plant from a marine nature reserve.

The proposed new rules would give the Minister David Llewellyn the discretionary power to allocate fishing licences for fish found in reserves.

Cassie O’Connor from the Greens says the changes are unnecessary and risky. Read more here

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