Peter Edwards With the recent notice granting exemptions to existing right holders (whose rights expire at the end of 2020) to continue fishing for the year 2021, the focus of Minister Creecy and her team at DEFF, should fall squarely on getting FRAP 2021 completed by the start of 2022. This is a tall order…
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