‘We just cannot fight any longer’

THE fishing community has traditionally been a powerful lobby group, but after a series of setbacks many do not feel they have the energy for a fight.

‘We just cannot fight any longer’

In each inlet along the south coast communities of small fishermen have seen their incomes eroded with a succession of new regulations.

The latest was the ban on drift-netting salmon, which was a direct blow to the owners of smaller boats.

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