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Katie Woolf spoke with Minister for Recreational Fishing Paul Kirby · 360 with Katie Woolf

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  Speaker 1: You're listening to Mixed one O four point nine. Now
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  Speaker 1: recreational fishes and related organizations can now apply to catch
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  Speaker 1: some big funding as the recreational Fishing Grants have now opened.
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  Speaker 1: Now joining me on the line to tell us a
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  Speaker 1: bit more about these grants is the Minister for Recreational Fishing,
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  Speaker 1: Paul Kirby.
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  Speaker 2: Good morning, Good morning Katie. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, very well minister. Who is eligible for these grants?
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  Speaker 2: Well, we want to try and make these grants eligible
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  Speaker 2: to a range of different people. Anybody that works in
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  Speaker 2: and around the reck fishing industry can certainly apply. You know,
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  Speaker 2: we've run these over a couple of years in conjunction
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  Speaker 2: with a fan There's been traditionally groups like the Parlatan
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  Speaker 2: Game Fishing Club or the Katherine Game Fishing Club that
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  Speaker 2: have used these for grants to make sure that kids
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  Speaker 2: can get fishing clinics and things like that, things that
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  Speaker 2: they might not normally get access to. If the fishing
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  Speaker 2: clubs that run predomin as volunteer basis don't get access
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  Speaker 2: to some other type of funding.
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  Speaker 1: Right, so who exactly is eligible? I guess who can
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  Speaker 1: have a crack at at maybe getting their hands on
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  Speaker 1: some of this funding to maybe have an event like
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  Speaker 1: they did in Catherine the Game Fishing Club there in
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  Speaker 1: twenty nineteen with their kids fishing Funday, who's eligible and
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  Speaker 1: how can they try and access the money?
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  Speaker 2: Well, that perhaps might be easiest if I explain it
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  Speaker 2: of people that have access in the past, and it
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  Speaker 2: is I know no and Boy Fishing Club have access
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  Speaker 2: and that wasn't specifically for a project that was more
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  Speaker 2: for infrastructure at the mudwarf and a washdown facility, so
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  Speaker 2: they have, but there's absolutely nothing stopping well, fans themselves
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  Speaker 2: as a peak body, put in for some funding a
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  Speaker 2: while ago and developed a fishing app from the funding
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  Speaker 2: that they got to help people better record where they
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  Speaker 2: are catching their fish, or as you mentioned, the game
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  Speaker 2: fishing clubs. But there's nothing to stop a business or
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  Speaker 2: a group of people even that have got a keen
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  Speaker 2: interest that want to do something that is community related
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  Speaker 2: from putting an application forward. And will certainly try and
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  Speaker 2: make sure our terms and conditions are clear, but give
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  Speaker 2: people the scope to put in different opportunities as well.
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  Speaker 1: And Minister, is it all about sort of trying to
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  Speaker 1: get more people out there fishing or what exactly is
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  Speaker 1: the aim of the grants.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, certainly worked with us probably right back in twenty
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  Speaker 2: sixteen acknowledging that people sometimes don't get opportunities unless their
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  Speaker 2: mum and dad are really keen fis shows, unless they
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  Speaker 2: know somebody with a boat. So the buddy boats a
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  Speaker 2: day that the Palmestan Game Fishing Club do is a
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  Speaker 2: really good example of what some bodies do do, and
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  Speaker 2: that is to take kids that wouldn't normally get the
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to get out on the boat. Traditionally need a
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  Speaker 2: care with them, so it's really difficult. So yeah, they
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  Speaker 2: have a day. It was only a couple of weeks ago.
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  Speaker 2: We went down there and said good ada and when
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  Speaker 2: they got back, the smiles on those kids' faces when
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  Speaker 2: they get back is really amazing. So and thread fishing
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  Speaker 2: is the big industry in the Northern Territory. If we
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  Speaker 2: don't put some time and effort and some funding into
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  Speaker 2: growing the next level of kids and young anglers coming
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  Speaker 2: through or it's like any sport, you can't expect it
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  Speaker 2: to grow unless you do foster those relationships.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, now, how much money is available here for some
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  Speaker 1: of these groups if they're keen to try their best
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  Speaker 1: to get their hands on a grant.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they're fifteen thousand dollars or up to one hundred
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  Speaker 2: there's two different grants that people can do, so it's
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  Speaker 2: fifteen thousand dollars or up to one hundred thousand dollars
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  Speaker 2: if it is those peak bodies that have got a
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  Speaker 2: key infrastructure project that they need to do. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it is really related either around those infrastructure projects or
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  Speaker 2: a clinic or a program that people might be to
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  Speaker 2: get off the ground. And you know, somebody might think
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  Speaker 2: that there's a few programs in place for juniors, they
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  Speaker 2: might target a different group of people that don't traditionally
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  Speaker 2: get out on the water as much as we would like.
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, certainly happy to take any any applications will
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  Speaker 2: be viewed seriously. They're traditionally around one hundred thousand to
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  Speaker 2: one hundred and fifty thousand that we get out each
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  Speaker 2: year for these grants. They last year we weren't able
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  Speaker 2: to do them just because of some of the restrictions
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  Speaker 2: with COVID, So we're really really happy that it's back
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  Speaker 2: up and running. We've had a number of fishing bodies
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  Speaker 2: already contact us to say, right, you know what can
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  Speaker 2: I put in for where when how do I do it?
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, we encourage people to have a look at
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  Speaker 2: the terms and conditions, make sure that they can meet them,
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  Speaker 2: and put as many ideas forward as they possibly can.
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  Speaker 1: And of course if people are after some more info,
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  Speaker 1: they can head to GRANTSNT dot NT dot gov dot AU. Now, Minister,
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  Speaker 1: I am keen to ask you, though, I know that
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  Speaker 1: there's also an apprentice fhere which is kicking off tonight.
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  Speaker 1: As I understand it, there's already been a significant number
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  Speaker 1: of registrations for hospitality and tourism jobs, hasn't they?
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  Speaker 2: There? Certainly has. We did one last week down in
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  Speaker 2: our Springs, and many thanks to the Department and all
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  Speaker 2: of the rtos and CDU that have been working really
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  Speaker 2: closely and quickly with us to get these off the ground.
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  Speaker 2: We had fifty odd people in our springs last week.
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  Speaker 2: I think we've got something like one hundred and fifty
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  Speaker 2: register tonight, and they specifically for hospitality and tourism roles,
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  Speaker 2: so we're really hopeful. We had some good results last week.
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  Speaker 2: We had a young lad that walked straight in, bumped
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  Speaker 2: into one of his former employers and said, I'm looking
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  Speaker 2: to get back into the industry, and his employer said, great,
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking to hire people. So within about three minutes
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  Speaker 2: they stitch up a a for him. But well, that
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  Speaker 2: is good to hear. Well, and I know a number
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  Speaker 2: of people.
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  Speaker 1: And it's been a difficult thing at the moment where
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  Speaker 1: a lot of our hospitality and tourism industry. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: we spoke to nt Farmers yesterday about this as well.
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  Speaker 1: But for tourism and hospitality, there is no doubt that
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  Speaker 1: there is a work of shortage. So it sounds as
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  Speaker 1: though people are just trying to think a little bit
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  Speaker 1: outside the box. And you know, going through this apprentice fhere,
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  Speaker 1: it sounds like it could be a good way to
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  Speaker 1: get people in the door.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, we've obviously got our workstay play packages that we've
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  Speaker 2: got out to try and encourage people to the Northern Territory.
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  Speaker 2: We knew that that would be a small grab for people.
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  Speaker 2: I guess we've probably learned a lot as a nation
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  Speaker 2: that we would have fought a few years ago. That
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  Speaker 2: we have a few international students that do some work
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  Speaker 2: for us and a few backpackers. But I think we've
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  Speaker 2: learned we were a lot more on overseas labor than
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  Speaker 2: anybody thought, and the complexities and the depth are a
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  Speaker 2: lot deeper than anybody thought. So the apprentice Fair specifically
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  Speaker 2: for hospital and tourism workers. We met with the tour
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  Speaker 2: operators the other day, and even the packages that we
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  Speaker 2: put out last year didn't necessarily like the voucher systems
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  Speaker 2: didn't necessarily help those big tour offers because people weren't
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  Speaker 2: getting back on buses, they were getting in the cars
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  Speaker 2: and going out and doing things. So, yeah, there are
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  Speaker 2: a particular group of people that we've met with closely
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  Speaker 2: that will try and tailor some of our packages to
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  Speaker 2: help them. And there's some government processes we can do
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  Speaker 2: quicker and better, not just in the territory, but how
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  Speaker 2: we liaising the state about getting police checks back and
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  Speaker 2: things like that. And some people get workers up and
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  Speaker 2: running quickly.
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  Speaker 1: And so is there a is there still an opportunity
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  Speaker 1: If people are listening this morning and they're thinking, I
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  Speaker 1: wouldn't mind getting involved in this apprentice sphere, is there
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  Speaker 1: still an opportunity for them to do so?
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  Speaker 2: Yes, certainly, yep. They can register with the CDU. I'll
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  Speaker 2: get your details of the exact contact details for registration
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  Speaker 2: for tonight's event. Looking for all else fails have come
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  Speaker 2: down to the CDU building at the waterfront this evening
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  Speaker 2: and there'll be a range of employers down there and
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  Speaker 2: we'll certainly look forward to seeing people make as many
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  Speaker 2: as connections as we can or know that in our springs,
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  Speaker 2: even with those small numbers that we had, we had
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  Speaker 2: quite a number of people that did make connections or
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  Speaker 2: did get training programs to get them into that next
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  Speaker 2: step of being able to apply for jobs.
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  Speaker 1: Well. Minister Paul Kirby, of course the Minister for Well,
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  Speaker 1: for recreational fishing and also for small business, we always
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  Speaker 1: appreciate your time. Thanks so much for having a chat
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  Speaker 1: with us this morning.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Katie Tears, thank you.
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