TY - Report AU - John Wilkinson PY - 2013 T1 - NSW commercial fishing industry: background to the 2012 review PB - Parliamentary Research Service (NSW) DO - https://doi.org/APO-33042 UR - https://apo.org.au/node/33042 AB - In the lead up to the March 2011 State election, the NSW Liberals and Nationals Fisheries Policy Statement, "Securing Sustainable, Viable and Healthy Fisheries", stated that their policy was "to ensure we have a strong and viable commercial fishing industry". Following on from this commitment, in March 2012 a review team, commissioned by the Minister for Primary Industries, Katrina Hodgkinson, issued a major report: Independent Review of NSW Commercial Fisheries Policy, Management and Administration. ER -