Tasmanian fishermen say that means they'll be allocated only 3% of the total fishery, which will destroy the livelihoods of 44 licence-holders.
A long-line fisherman, David Chaffey, says Tasmanian fishermen currently work about 200 days a year, which would be reduced to fewer than five days under the proposed change.
"We'll probably get about 4-point-3 hook days a year to operate", he explained, "which of course is ludicrous. Nobody can operate a fishery on that amount of days."
Source: ABC News