00:02Cody Ralston is preparing to head out to sea, but he and other rock lobster fishers
00:07are outraged that some of their prime fishing zones will be off limits for the next three
00:13months.
00:14Multi, multi-generational fishing ground and it's being locked off altogether because the
00:19salmon farms want to just dump as much antibiotics in the water as they can to try and save their
00:23own ass and not, you know, cooperate with other businesses.
00:26Salmon company Tassel has been injecting some of its stock with the antibiotic oxytetracycline.
00:33If the medication ends up in wild seafood, it could trigger an export ban.
00:39So some commercial rock lobster, urchin and periwinkle fisheries in the state's southeast
00:44are being temporarily closed.
00:47It's just one or two businesses ruining it for everyone else.
00:50It's completely unfair.
00:51Tassel has described the closures as a localised and precautionary measure that affects just
00:571.6% of the state's annual rock lobster catch.
01:01But with the salmon industry seeking an emergency permit to use another type of antibiotic called
01:08fluorphenicol, critics say the closures could become more widespread.
01:12There's nothing acceptable about choosing to put the interests of one industry over another
01:19and shut down the livelihoods of those wild catch fishers in the Channel area.
01:24The Premier says the closures are a balanced approach.
01:28Yes, the science says very low risk.
01:31The fish are safe to eat.
01:33But we need to have very strong boundaries to ensure that our trade environment is not put at risk.
01:40Boundaries that some commercial fishers say are simply not fair.
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