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  1. Australia’s largest wild-caught prawn business, Raptis and Sons Group (brands: Agrios, Seaport, Ocean Pearl), has collapsed into administration with no buyer found — costing ~200 jobs.
    The family business, started in the 1950s from a fish & chip shop, ran a 15-boat fleet out of tiny Karumba in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
    Blame game: oversupply, lower catches, rising costs — plus fishing licence restrictions and diesel shock according to Bob Katter.
    Another blow to local seafood towns while we import more and more.

    #AustralianSeafood #FishingIndustry #Karumba

    au.finance.yahoo.com/news/gutt

  2. Small plane crashes in Normanton, north-west Queensland, starting grass fire and knocking out power

    A light aircraft has crashed 800 metres west of Normanton Airport, north-west Queensland.  Emergency services rushed to the…
    #NewsBeep #News #Australia #AU #burketown #GulfofCarpentaria #karumba #lightplane #Normanton #planecrash
    newsbeep.com/au/465072/