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Premium Content Subscriber only A popular Mackay region tourist destination may soon have another claim to fame with more turtles, dugongs and dolphins being sighted thanks to six years of being net-free. Cape Hillsborough National Tourist Park owner Ben Atherton said the zone created a “rounded experience” for visitors together with the wallabies, beaches and walking trails. “Mum and dad can fish in the area, kids can fish in the area. It’s not just about people catching more fish, it’s about everyone getting one,” Mr Atherton said. And not only has the legal fishing rate rise...

Mr Miller was now calling for a government review on fishing practices including fitting a camera to every gillnet fishing boat to protect threatened and endangered reef wildlife. Several turtles were allegedly trapped in a gillnet at Louisa Creek, Hay Point, near Mackay. Picture: Australian Marine Conservation Society footage He said the recent carnage suggested the government's report of just 10 turtles being entangled in gillnets across 2019 was inaccurate. The AMCS estimated the annual tally was closer to more than 1000 turtles. "Six of the world's seven species of turtle are found ...