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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Lisa Cox

Australian authorities to buy out fisheries, citing climate crisis

Fishing trawler boat heading out to sea
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority told a Senate hearing it was concerned about fish species which were not recovering despite low catch limits. Photograph: Jo Staveley/Getty Images/iStockphoto

The federal government will spend $20m to buy out fisheries in Australia’s south-east in part because the climate crisis is affecting population numbers of some species, making current fishing levels unsustainable.

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority will buy back vessel permits in the south-east trawl fishery, which is the largest commonwealth-managed fin fish fishery in Australia.

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