NSW inquiry investigating why legislation to decriminalise cultural fishing has not been enacted since it passed in 2009
abc.net.au/news/cultural-fishing-hearing-nsw-parliament-house-sydney/101346918The failure to implement cultural fishing legislation in NSW has worsened the health and wellbeing of Indigenous people, a state parliamentary inquiry has heard.
In June, Mr Carriage lost his appeal against the conviction and was ordered to pay about $30,000 in legal costs and fines, as well as being banned from diving or possessing abalone for two years."I usually weigh around 90 kilograms and I'm probably up to 150 kilograms now," he said. "And we do have specific work instructions that fisheries officers apply when we interact with Aboriginal people who are conducting cultural fishing," he said.However, Dr Hunt said if the state government was serious about meeting its Closing the Gap targets they would be trying to better support cultural fishing.
The rise of the multi-million-dollar abalone industry over the past 50 years has led to conflict over the traditional resource. Meanwhile, an Indigenous Australian can legally possess 10 abalones for cultural purposes each day unless a permit is obtained.
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