{"id":251313,"date":"2020-01-23T14:15:46","date_gmt":"2020-01-23T04:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=251313"},"modified":"2020-07-13T12:30:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-13T02:30:43","slug":"dont-be-a-prawn-when-fishing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2020\/01\/23\/dont-be-a-prawn-when-fishing\/","title":{"rendered":"Don&#8217;t Be A Prawn When Fishing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pKBXI5vJp9k?rel=0\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>January 23, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Heading out to do some fishing over the long weekend? Then don&#8217;t use your supermarket prawns as bait!<\/p>\n<p>Choosing the right bait when you go fishing can play a vital role in protecting our waterways from exotic diseases that could wreak havoc with local industries.<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Minister Mark Furner launched a bait education campaign on Thursday, urging people planning to go fishing over the long weekend to choose their bait carefully.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Furner said protecting Queensland waterways from exotic diseases was a number one priority.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs Queenslanders we love to get out with our families and friends and have a fish,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a fun and relaxing activity, but it\u2019s important that we use the right bait.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUsing supermarket prawns as bait could introduce diseases such as white spot disease into our waterways.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s why I am asking fishers to help protect the seafood industry in Queensland and buy their bait from the bait shop, service station or catch their own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Three years ago white spot disease wiped out production on seven prawn farms on the Logan River in south-east Queensland.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA possible pathway for diseases such as white spot entering our waterways is the use of supermarket prawns as bait,\u201d Mr Furner said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany fishers are already aware of this but there are others who may not realise the risk, which is why we\u2019re educating everybody on the dos and don\u2019ts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Heading out to do some fishing over the long weekend? 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