'No netting in Merimbula lake'

By Denise Dion
Updated April 29 2014 - 12:52pm, first published 12:39pm
Members of the Merimbula Big Game and Lakes Angling Club, Gem Thompson, president, John Whittaker, Debbie and Ray Bell and Chris Young are worried about the effect of netting on Merimbula’s tourism and are collecting signatures to send to the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Minister, Katrina Hodgkinson. Their action follows the release of a DPI consultation paper which proposes the introduction of mesh netting in Merimbula’s Top Lake and in many lakes and estuaries along the coast.
Members of the Merimbula Big Game and Lakes Angling Club, Gem Thompson, president, John Whittaker, Debbie and Ray Bell and Chris Young are worried about the effect of netting on Merimbula’s tourism and are collecting signatures to send to the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) Minister, Katrina Hodgkinson. Their action follows the release of a DPI consultation paper which proposes the introduction of mesh netting in Merimbula’s Top Lake and in many lakes and estuaries along the coast.

Local anglers have taken to the streets to collect signatures against the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) proposals that would see mesh netting in Merimbula’s Top Lake.

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