Thank you to everyone who spoke up for marlin and our vulnerable reef species. More than 22,000 people took the time to make a submission, which is significant for an issue that should never have been pushed this close to the line. Your support, your voice, and the donations that came with it genuinely matter. 

We know most commercial operators want to do the right thing, but the moment you put a price tag on a species, everything shifts. We have seen it before with swordfish. What was once framed as bycatch quickly became 900 tonnes of landings. You do not hit numbers like that by accident, and it shows how fast incentives can influence behaviour and ultimately reshape a fishery.