White spot disease is crippling Australia's prawn industry - and imports are to blame | Landline

The recent spread of White Spot Disease has caused devastating consequences for Australia’s prawn fishers. With exports halted and livelihoods at risk, the industry faces an uncertain future. Landline's Halina Baczkowski investigates the biosecurity challenges and the people bearing the cost.

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00:00 Introduction: White spot disease in Australian waterways
00:30 Trawling troubles on the Clarence River
01:32 What is white spot?
01:57 First detection in NSW
03:15 How to combat the disease?
04:54 First detection in QLD
05:30 How Logan River area tackled the spread
07:07 Rules for selling diseased prawns
09:05 Industry concerns
10:04 Problems with unprocessed imports
11:34 Retail solutions

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