Hi Guys,
 
The Government has released the Submissions sent to SEWPAC on the south west:
 
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/south-west/consultation/submissions/index.html
 
Mellissa Parks (Freo Labour MP) – advocating for the exclusion of rec fishing in the trench.  The SCUBA divers working on getting exclusive access in areas of metro waters.(link :http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/south-west/consultation/submissions/pubs/0097wascubadivingindustry.pdf )
 
For some reason the RFW submission is not posted up. something to follow up...
 
Also see the report on the overview of submission received during the comment period for the south-west commonwealth process.
Some interesting figures, particularly when you remove the conservation sectors campaign numbers.  Both the commercial and recreational fishing sectors provided more submissions than the conservation sector in this regard.
 
See Page 3:  “When campaign submissions are excluded, the community sector represented the largest number of submissions, followed by the commercial fishing sector and the recreational fishing boating and leisure sector.”
 
The documents can be found here:
http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/mbp/index.html