Snapper Fishery

The Hon. J.M.A. LENSINK (14:47): Supplementary: will the minister or someone in her government apologise for, in their term of government, failing to recognise the depletion of the snapper stocks, placing them in peril and once again leaving it to the Marshall Liberal government to have to enact snapper fishery closures to ensure the ongoing sustainability of the fishery?

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (Minister for Primary Industries and Regional Development, Minister for Forest Industries) (14:47): Any decision on the removal or continuation of a ban on fishing will be in line with the scientific evidence of the time.