Peter Whish-Wilson (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Senator Ludwig. In 2005, the then Liberal fisheries minister, the Hon. Ian Campbell, and AFMA refused to allocate a Commonwealth fishing licence to the supertrawler Veronica II. This followed the banning of the Veronica from fishing in New South Wales, Western Australian and South Australian waters over concerns regarding the lack of scientific research conducted in the small pelagic fisheries. Can the minister update the Senate on what has specifically changed in the past seven years—