Post by fish4fish3 on Aug 18, 2012 10:47:14 GMT 11
Hi guys,
I have been part of an online group called GETUP for some time now and several important topics have come up in the past including the dredging of the great barrier reef and coal seam mining. Most recently is a partition running to stop the super trawler from Africa coming down to Australia to exploit our small pelagic fish, the key to our healthy and rebounding fish supply. Waterways and fisheries have been working on replenishing and preserving our bait fish for the past decade and this bad boy trawler will certainly impact negatively on this.
We call on the Australian Government to reject the fishing trawler, FV Margiris, and its plan to plunder our ecologically important small pelagic fishery. For more go to stopthetrawler.net
Why is this important?
One of the world’s biggest fishing trawlers with a history of over exploiting fish stocks, the FV Margiris, wants to trawl for small pelagic fish – some of the most critical species in our marine ecosystem. Small pelagic fishing around Tasmania already has a bad record. The surface schools of jack mackerel that were once common off southeast Tasmania have not returned after the collapse of that fishery over 20 years ago.
The fish are a vital food source for important species like the critically endangered southern bluefin tuna, marine mammals, seabirds and game fish. Trawlers like this not only catch the target species, they also get tonnes of bycatch - unwanted marine life like dolphins, seals and seabirds, that gets thrown back dead.
This fishing trawler is the opposite of the fishing activities we need to ensure healthy oceans and healthy communities – we need better valued seafood that doesn’t rely on government subsidies, sustainable employment for local fishermen, science based fisheries management, and no unwanted by-catch.
Learn more at Stop the Super Trawler
How it will be delivered
The Stop the Trawler coalition group led by Rebecca Hubbard from Environment Tasmania delivered 35,000 signatures to Canberra on 15 August. Now that politicians are starting to take notice, we need more signatures to push them over the line. Please spread the word.
You can sign the partition below via the link... you don't have to become a member allthough I have found it very informing as well as safe (spam free) they only send partitions to be signed online and best of all it's quick and easy... So please help make the difference.
www.communityrun.org/petitions/stop-giant-fishing-trawler-in-tasmania?source=getup&q=1&t=dXNlcmlkPTEwNTY1ODMsZW1haWxpZD05MzU=
Cheers Roman
I have been part of an online group called GETUP for some time now and several important topics have come up in the past including the dredging of the great barrier reef and coal seam mining. Most recently is a partition running to stop the super trawler from Africa coming down to Australia to exploit our small pelagic fish, the key to our healthy and rebounding fish supply. Waterways and fisheries have been working on replenishing and preserving our bait fish for the past decade and this bad boy trawler will certainly impact negatively on this.
We call on the Australian Government to reject the fishing trawler, FV Margiris, and its plan to plunder our ecologically important small pelagic fishery. For more go to stopthetrawler.net
Why is this important?
One of the world’s biggest fishing trawlers with a history of over exploiting fish stocks, the FV Margiris, wants to trawl for small pelagic fish – some of the most critical species in our marine ecosystem. Small pelagic fishing around Tasmania already has a bad record. The surface schools of jack mackerel that were once common off southeast Tasmania have not returned after the collapse of that fishery over 20 years ago.
The fish are a vital food source for important species like the critically endangered southern bluefin tuna, marine mammals, seabirds and game fish. Trawlers like this not only catch the target species, they also get tonnes of bycatch - unwanted marine life like dolphins, seals and seabirds, that gets thrown back dead.
This fishing trawler is the opposite of the fishing activities we need to ensure healthy oceans and healthy communities – we need better valued seafood that doesn’t rely on government subsidies, sustainable employment for local fishermen, science based fisheries management, and no unwanted by-catch.
Learn more at Stop the Super Trawler
How it will be delivered
The Stop the Trawler coalition group led by Rebecca Hubbard from Environment Tasmania delivered 35,000 signatures to Canberra on 15 August. Now that politicians are starting to take notice, we need more signatures to push them over the line. Please spread the word.
You can sign the partition below via the link... you don't have to become a member allthough I have found it very informing as well as safe (spam free) they only send partitions to be signed online and best of all it's quick and easy... So please help make the difference.
www.communityrun.org/petitions/stop-giant-fishing-trawler-in-tasmania?source=getup&q=1&t=dXNlcmlkPTEwNTY1ODMsZW1haWxpZD05MzU=
Cheers Roman