By-catch Project Queensland
Taking By-catch off our beaches
The By-catch Project is a Queensland Government election commitment designed to assist commercial fishing operators minimize the impact of their operations on by-catch inadvertently caught by their trawlers. The objective of the Project is to develop catch handling processes and technologies for Queensland trawlers to reduce the number of fish and other marine life inadvertently killed as by-catch by supporting commercial fishers to install devices known as hoppers on their vessels.
Find out more about the By-catch Project.
The By-Catch Project offers commercial fishers a rebate of up to $30,000 for installing a hopper to an existing vessel. Find out more about the rebate.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Contact details for the By-catch Project.
Last updated: 20 February 2009