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There's growing frustration in South Australia's fishing industry over the science being used to decide the future of a long-running ban on catching snapper. While there are signs of recovery in the fishery, it's not clear when it'll re-open to recreational and commercial fishing.

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00:02A snapper ban has been in place for the West Coast, Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent for seven years.
00:09Fishers are excited that the ban is due to end next July.
00:12Certainly the snapper stocks have been improving every year.
00:15We have seen a huge increase over the seven years.
00:20The anecdotal increase in snapper stocks is reflected in research numbers.
00:24The estimates of biomass that we're getting are around about 23% and 22%.
00:31So we're starting to get really...

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