Federal minister revokes Queensland fishery licence over inaction on threatened species
by Graham Readfearn from Environment | The Guardian on (#57VHN)
Sussan Ley says conditions of export licence for shark fins and other products have not been met
Environment minister Sussan Ley has moved to revoke the export of shark fins and other seafood products from a Queensland government fishery over inaction on reforms to protect threatened species.
Ley has written to Queensland's fisheries minister, Mark Furner, saying the state had not met the conditions of its export licence for the East Coast Inshore Fin Fish Fishery, which would be revoked from 30 September.
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