Oz permanently bans supertrawlers

Greenpeace activists on an inflatable boat intercepted the world’s second largest factory fishing trawler, the FV ‘Margiris’. © Greenpeace

The federal government has permanently banned supertrawlers from Australian waters following temporary bans first imposed by the Labor government two years ago.

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