175:) catching the quota of small pelagic fish quicker would cause less environmental impact than a large number of smaller boats fishing for longer, closer to shore. Jeffriess said there were already much bigger boats in Australian waters including trawl boats that stayed at sea longer than the Margiris and with much bigger nets. He said the issue for Port Lincoln was to ensure that the FV Margiris didn't interact with the sardine fishery and an agreement had been reached. On the decision to temporarily ban the FV Margiris from Australian waters, Jeffriess commented:
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Lincoln to help establish the industry. Since that time the industry has captured young fish in the wild and transferred them to pens in Boston Bay and Spencer Gulf where they are fattened up for market. They are then harvested, chilled and exported to Japan by plane. The same year, Jefferiess expressed concern that his town of Port Lincoln would suffer if the industry collapsed, saying "I find this scary. I wake up every morning and think 'How do you sustain this?"'
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Jeffriess has been industry spokesperson for tuna aquaculture in South
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Australian Seafood Industry Council at the time, and pressure was increasing to provide legislative protection to the species. As of 2015, Jeffriess maintains a
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Commission for the Conservation of Southern Bluefin Tuna meetings and works closely with industry and government. On 26 January 2012 Jeffriess was awarded
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