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I had an interesting trip to Shady Camp recently. It was a good week before Cyclone Fina turned up and I’d been scratching my head about where to take two mad-keen anglers who were visiting from Italy of all places. They were Marco Soldini and his good friend Fero. I’d met Marco in PNG black bass fishing the year before Covid, and we’d kept in touch. Marco is one of those larger-than-life characters who owns Italy’s biggest beach club: Papeete Beach. This is a non-stop party venue with up to...

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It was a full house at the AFANT AGM last week. Sadly, I was unable to attend but I had a great chat with AFANT CEO, David Ciaravolo. Deputy Chief Minister and Fisheries Minister Gerard Maley attended the meeting and David said that AFANT was very pleased that the Minister was so forthright about the Government’s intention to complete the closure of commercial barramundi gillnetting by the end of its current term. “He was very clear about that and made several positive statements that they...