Gillnet fishing is being phased out in the Great Barrier Reef by 2027 to protect dugongs, dolphins and turtles.

Late last year the Queensland government announced a plan to extend restrictions to the Gulf of Carpentaria Commercial fishers say their livelihoods will be destroyed and Australia will be forced to import fish.

Landline's Halina Baczkowski reports from Karumba.

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