Truth is this whole story is more about politics than anything else.
The nets and drumlines take a horrific toll on non target marine life and always have, the scrutiny the drowned and tangled whales have been
giving this dated and backward policy this year is well deserved ..imo
Not to mention the touch or irony in that the minister would well be aware that his dept is quite happily dumping a major food source for these scavengers of the oceon
not far from where this one was caught.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/...15/2714876.htm