Officials enact sweeping ban to protect fishing industry: 'Our research shows the importance'

Officials enact sweeping ban to protect fishing industry: 'Our research shows the importance'

Officials in Western Australia remain committed to the importance of a seasonal ban that protects one of the most important marine species in the region.  As reported by Mandurah Times, the yearly three-month blue swimmer crab ban began on September 1 for many key fisheries around the Western Australia coast. The conservation effort is an attempt to safeguard the crab species' spawning season.     Bianca Brooks, principal fisheries management of…