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Legislative Council - Fifty-Fourth Parliament, Second Session (54-2)
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South-East Rock Lobster Industry

The Hon. C.M. SCRIVEN (14:56): I have a supplementary question: apart from attending meetings, what tangible assistance is the government giving to the rock lobster industry in the South-East?

The Hon. D.W. RIDGWAY (Minister for Trade and Investment) (14:57): I thank the honourable member for her question. My department, as soon as the coronavirus impact was known, started to look for alternative markets. We had Sally Townsend in Tokyo, in our trade office, identify some markets in Tokyo. We had identified some extra markets in Singapore and Malaysia and have provided all of those contacts to the industry.

The industry then has to make a judgement whether they wish to sell lobsters at the prices being offered in those markets or try to hang onto them and sell them at a higher price. Of course, they have had a number of fish in tanks and in boats and I think they are dealing with them on a case-by-case basis for the Minister for Primary Industries as to whether the fish that are in storage in boats can be returned to the fishery, into the water. I know that the ones in tanks can't be, so they are working with them to try to place those fish.

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