Ban on sand flathead fishing in south-eastern Tasmania | ABC NEWS
Populations of sand flathead have “severely declined” in Tasmanian waters, prompting the government to close a fishery in the state’s south-east to recreational anglers.
The dwindling population has been a matter of concern for years and is now at a critically low level, the government says.
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