TARFish, is pleased to announce the appointment of former Tasmanian Premier, Paul Lennon, as Independent Chairman to the TARFish Board.

TARFish today panned the Ministers announcement on recreational rock lobster season dates for failing to support Tasmania’s 20,000 recreational rock lobster fishers in preference to the commercial sector.

“Enough is enough, it’s time that the Tasmanian Government stopped asking recreational fishers to pick up the tab for commercial overfishing on the East Coast of Tasmania,” said TARFish CEO Jane Gallichan.

We have been working closely with Minister Barnett in recent weeks and indeed the last 24 hours to hasten the opening of the scallop season and on behalf of Tasmania’s scallop fishers, I thank him for listening and more importantly taking swift action on this.

TARFish, Tasmania’s recreational fishing peak body, helps land a major victory for Tasmania’s game fishers in the wake of the Southern bluefin tuna (SBT) fishery announcement by Tasmanian Senator and Commonwealth Assistant Fisheries Minister Jonno Duniam today.

“Tasmania’s recreational fishers are to be congratulated for their patience and understanding,” said TARFish CEO, Jane Gallichan.

“We’re a passionate lot and for so many recreational fishers to be landlocked for weeks on end has been tough but the end is in sight and I expect that boat ramps will be busy as fishers get out and back on the water this weekend. “