South-west fishermen label proposed 600% licence fee increase a ‘cash grab’

By Everard Himmelreich
October 28 2013 - 4:00am

A STATE government proposal to increase lobster licence fees by nearly 600 per cent over the next three years is a grab for money on “a soft target,” the Portland Professional Fishermen’s Association says.

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