6:20 am today

Cut to orange roughy catch limits won't help stocks recover, conservation group says

From Morning Report, 6:20 am today

The Deep Sea Conservation Coalition says the cut to orange roughy catch numbers, announced by the Minister of Fisheries yesterday, won't help stocks recover. The Minister has reduced the total allowance catch limit by 57 percent - from more than 2,100 to 942 tonnes per year. But activist Karli Thomas says this will only stop the fishery from continuing to decline... it won't see any recovery happen in the next five years. She spoke with Ingrid Hipkiss.