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Billionaire fisherman faces barramundi wipeout

Australia’s biggest barramundi fisherman – mining billionaire Chris Ellison – is swimming against the tide whatever happens in the Northern Territory election this Saturday.

Both major parties in the NT have vowed to ban gill-net fishing for barramundi, the method relied on by Mr Ellison’s fleet of three vessels to catch the prized table fish.

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Brad Thompson was a reporter at The Australian Financial Review

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