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Fishing is worth more than jobs and profits to Australia’s coastal towns
Many of the iconic coastal villages of Australia have a close association with professional fishing. In New South Wales, towns up and down the coast historically supported fishing fleets which supplied the seafood needs of locals, Sydney and the broader state community.
But the NSW fishing industry has changed significantly in the past 30 years, in response to a…