Arnhem Land fishermen prohibited from selling their barramundi threaten coastal closure

BY JANE BARDON

Indigenous traditional owners in remote West Arnhem Land have lost patience with being prohibited from selling valuable barramundi from their coastal waters, while commercial boats do just that.

Forty-two clan groups are threatening a three-year ban for commercial barramundi boats in coastal waters between Cape Stewart and Braithwaite Point if the Northern Territory Government and Northern Land Council (NLC) can’t agree on a deal about the conditions for access to Indigenous Territory coastal waters.

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