https://nsadvocate.org/2019/01/29/letter-to-the-editor-something-fishy-going-on-a-taxpayer-funded-trip-to-tasmania-with-fisheries-and-aquaculture-minister-keith-colwell/ The tyrant's foe, the people's friend. Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:46:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.5 https://nsadvocate.org/2019/01/29/letter-to-the-editor-something-fishy-going-on-a-taxpayer-funded-trip-to-tasmania-with-fisheries-and-aquaculture-minister-keith-colwell/#comment-17850 Thu, 07 Feb 2019 06:46:08 +0000 https://nsadvocate.org/?p=10059#comment-17850 Hey all,
I’m a Tasmanian currently living and protesting the presence and proposed expansion of Salmon Farms in my home waters. I’m not sure what information your minister is likely to find down this way in relation to Marine Protected Areas… While we have a few they are generally very small and make up less than 1% of the coastal waters.
Any advice from the government or Salmon Industry down here will be one eyed. The current expansion plans are going ahead even though Industry past performance is something of an environmental disgrace.
Our Southern Rock Lobster fishery is suffering the effects of climate change and fishing pressure with stocks statewide averaging less than 20% of unfished biomass levels. Rebuilding strategy includes reduced season length and bag limits for recreational fishers.
I’m wondering what is to be achieved from an overseas delegation perhaps to grow the list of furphies that can be spun to an unwitting public….
Thanks for your time
Cheers
John

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