FISHING in marine sanctuaries will kill endangered species unless the NSW government corrects its "backwards" lifting of a previous ban, conservation groups say.
Under major changes to environment laws, the ban on recreational fishing in most of the state's marine sanctuaries was lifted in March.
Fearful that the decision could be permanent, a coalition of environmental organisations released a report on Friday calling on authorities not to wind back protections.
"Removing that small amount of protection leaves our unique marine life exposed and vulnerable to devastation," Ian Kiernan, chairman and founder of Clean Up Australia, wrote in Beyond the Beach: Exploring NSW's underwater treasures.
Fishing in an area where marine life was supposed to recover was a backward step, he said.
Labor and the NSW Greens said the government lifted the ban to please the Shooters and Fishers Party.
"Short-sighted politics could reverse decades of working with the community and scientists to protect our state's most precious marine places," Mr Kiernan said.
Pepe Clarke from the Nature Conservation Council of NSW said the ban should never have been lifted.
"It appears that NSW is weakening marine protections at a time when the rest of Australia is increasing them," he said in a statement.
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