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Aug 27, 2010 - 5:08 PM - by bigbrian47
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Be wary of fishers’ claims
JOHN JEAYES
17 Aug, 2010 08:32 AM
I HAVE recently written on the need for marine parks and the storm of letters from the ECOfishers group has been illuminating, as it has displayed the full gamut of tactics and inaccurate claims made by that group.
Rhett Smyth of ECOfishers NSW (The Argus, August 6) sent me “back to the drawing board” to ponder whether Peter Garrett’s creation of the Coral Sea Conservation Zone would result in our fishing zones becoming open slather for the Chinese when the federal government, having used those fishing grounds as collateral, was unable to pay back the stimulus loans.
Well, I pondered that for about five minutes and reread it a couple of times in pure disbelief that ECOfishers could use my praise of the Howard government and Peter Garrett’s plan for a network of marine parks to preserve our fish resources to mount such a ridiculous fear campaign.
So I rang Peter... [Read More]
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Crusading Kate |
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Sep 02, 2010 - 4:29 PM - by Lucky_Phill
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Minister for Climate Change and Sustainability
The Honourable Kate Jones
Thursday, September 02, 2010
MARINE LIFE THRIVING IN MORETON BAY’S GREEN ZONES
The Bligh Government’s decision to move towards a more sustainable Moreton Bay is already paying dividends, new scientific data is showing.
Climate Change and Sustainability Minister Kate Jones said in State Parliament today that new research indicated Moreton Bay Marine Park’s expanded green zones were showing early signs of increased fish numbers.
Ms Jones said since the start of new marine park zoning on 1 March 2009, scientific monitoring led by CSIRO was beginning to point to several promising trends.
“Moreton Bay is a favourite spot for thousands of South... [Read More]
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FISH KILL-Polution hits the Pimpama |
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Jul 06, 2010 - 2:15 PM - by bennykenny
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Decided to do a land based fish with my 7 month old daughter in tow,headed down to the weir on the pimpama river ready for a flick and as i pulled up in the car i noticed a few mullet floating on the surface, i thought some one must have been using them for bait and just throw the left overs in, but on closer inspection the water looked quite dirty aswell.
i got out and to my shock there would have been 20 or 30 dead fish floating around and even more fish that were close to death. all the water is a creamy colour and the place stinks of dead fish.
Speaking to a guy who was still fishing there(???) he was saying that it happened before about 2 months ago and there were hundreds of dead fish and crabs there and said it was all over the news, and that it was from one of the cane farmers dumping a load of chlorine into the river???
what the hell are these guys thinking??? and why are they getting away with this idiotic behavior. shame shame shame.BennyKenny
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Scuba Divers and Fishers fight |
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Sep 02, 2010 - 9:21 AM - by murf
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what are the Green radicalist movement doing to ordinary people?
cheers Murf
http://www.coffscoastadvocate.com.au...y-snorkelling/
Concern about fishing website
1st September 2010
SCUBA diving and snorkelling operator Mike Davey has expressed concern about the effect a pro-fishing website could have in lobbying the State Government to make changes to its draft Solitary Island Marine Park review.
The website – www.savesol.com – allows concerned marine park anglers to lodge online submissions to the State Government’s marine park proposals.
A pre-written form letter, which can be signed by individuals, opposes the government’s planned changes to sanctuary zones... [Read More]
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Snapper FORUM 26 August 2010 |
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Aug 12, 2010 - 6:45 PM - by Scott Mitchell
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FYI - Team
Hi Scott
You are invited to attend a forum to be held by Fisheries Queensland to discuss the science behind the Queensland Government’s assessment of Queensland’s snapper stock.
With recent studies indicating that snapper stock is overfished, we need anglers to be fully informed about the stock status before consultation is undertaken later this year on potential changes to the Rocky Reef Fin Fish Fishery.
By world standards, Queensland is recognised as having well-managed, sustainable fisheries. In fact, snapper is the only species of Queensland’s 62 assessed stocks that is classified as overfished. However, it is internationally recognised that fish stocks at 40% (or less) of their unfished levels are classified as overfished. This means snapper in Queensland is being taken at an unsustainable level.
During the forum Fisheries Queensland will provide an overview of the most recent stock assessment,... [Read More]
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