Wharf fleet shift given top priority

Moving the fishing fleet off Port Lincoln’s main wharf to the disused BHP site at Proper Bay is the top priority recommended in the Eyre Peninsula Ports Master Plan.

The fishing fleet is based at the main wharf but commercial operations at the wharf take priority, which poses a threat to the commercial fishing industry given its lack of a secure tenure.

The plan, presented to the Port Lincoln City Council at a meeting this week, highlights the need to relocate the fleet and recommends the old BHP site for a purpose-built facility for the fishing industry’s berthing, loading and unloading to allow further growth and security.