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A fish seller holds freshly caught black jewfish in Darwin.

A fish monger holds up the swim bladder of a black jewfish in Darwin.

Graph from the Queensland Government shows a significant rise in commercial catch rates of black jewfish since 2916.

Commercial fishing operators Greg and Zan Sichter on board their boat, outside their Sarina home.

Greg Sichter wears a beanie and fishing clothes, holding a large Black Jewfish in his garage.

"We finally got the news in April and then we had to go hell for leather to try and catch as many as we could because we knew there was only a short amount of time,"
he said.

Black jewfish

A pile of fish lying in the middle of a dirt road.

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