Following the West Coast Rock Lobster Tale. From Dispossession to Repossession

A proposed 34% reduction for 2016/17 across the west coast rock lobster fishery and for all areas took most people by surprise, but not the WWF-SA which earlier in the year had downgraded the species to provisional Red on their consumer watch-list. It was clear that drastic measures were necessary to avert a resource implosion.