00:00A restaurant favourite, but meals like this dewfish will soon be off the menu.
00:09The price will double, it will be supply and demand and the price will go up, probably out of control.
00:13We've been selling premium quality fish for 33 years basically in Geraldton.
00:18Basically we won't be able to sell dewfish anymore.
00:21Three quarters of Demersal fish caught in Western Australia are consumed within the state,
00:26with almost half sold in restaurants.
00:29But in a few weeks, commercial fishing off the Geraldton coast for Demersal species such as dewfish and pink snapper will be banned.
00:38Well the general public, where are they going to go and buy fish?
00:41Because at the end of the day they can't afford to go and buy a boat and go out recreational fishing.
00:45I won't be able to get local fish here.
00:47In a bid to protect stocks, the state government has halved catchers in some areas
00:52and will close a 700km stretch of coast to fishers.
00:57The Pilbara trawl industry provides 40% of WA's Demersal fish supply, but it's also been shut down.
01:06Amid evidence, dolphins, critically endangered sawfish and sea snakes were also being trapped in the nets.
01:13Fishers say the bans will hurt regional businesses and claim their catch will be replaced by imported seafood.
01:21We've gone through a lot of difficult times to get to here but I never thought the day would come
01:26when I was completely wiped out in one strike by the government.
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