SHK-20 ACT Sawfish Gillnet NT budget - website

SHK-20 ACT Sawfish Gillnet NT budget - website

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Every day that destructive commercial barramundi gillnets are in our Territory waters, they pose a serious risk to threatened, endangered and protected species including dugongs, turtles, dolphins, and endangered sawfish, increasing the risk of local extinction for some species. 

In August 2024 the CLP committed to phase out the barra gillnets. Nearly two years on and there has been no tangible action to meaningfully progress the phase out.

The environmental stakes have risen with snubfin and humpback dolphins added to Australian nature laws as threatened species, followed by the freshwater sawfish uplisted to Endangered.

The economic stakes have risen too ...

Every day that destructive commercial barramundi gillnets are in our Territory waters, they pose a serious risk to threatened, endangered and protected species including dugongs, turtles, dolphins, and endangered sawfish, increasing the risk of local extinction for some species. 

In August 2024 the CLP committed to phase out the barra gillnets. Nearly two years on and there has been no tangible action to meaningfully progress the phase out.

The environmental stakes have risen with snubfin and humpback dolphins added to Australian nature laws as threatened species, followed by the freshwater sawfish uplisted to Endangered.

The economic stakes have risen too, with Queensland challenging the Top End as the “Barra Capital of Australia”.

Urge the CLP Government to allocate money in the 2026 budget, to safeguard our Top End lifestyle, keep our waters healthy and protect our threatened species.


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Protect our endangered species and act to get gillnets out of the Top End

Urge the CLP Government to allocate money in the 2026 budget, to safeguard our Top End lifestyle, keep our waters healthy and protect our threatened species.

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