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Fishers reject claims Australians are ‘eating endangered sharks’ under the guise of flake
Queensland shark fishers have rejected an Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) campaign encouraging Australians to stop eating flake.
Key points:
- AMCS wants Australians to pick alternatives to flake at the fish and chip shop due to a “broken” fish labelling system
- A shark fisher says this new campaign could hurt the Queensland fishing industry
- She says the industry is already heavily regulated and they’re not fishing threatened shark species
The Give Flake a Break campaign urges people to choose sustainable seafood alternatives, as there is no legal obligation to disclose what species of shark is being sold, or where has come from.
Margaret Stevenson, who owns a fishing business with her husband Graham at Burnett Heads in…
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