Thread: super sized trawlers- no thanks!

Arthur the story you linked says nothing about the science it says they let the Australian who was bring the trawler here to sit in on 1 meeting not that the quota or science was wrong

Originally Posted by THE BOOGER

Arthur the story you linked says nothing about the science it says they let the Australian who was bring the trawler here to sit in on 1 meeting not that the quota or science was wrong

I agree with you bad it have something to do with the process used by AFMA and this live questions to be answer.
Possible one of the answers to the questions is if there was any influence to dictate the quotes or the arrival of the decision to approve the permit.

People take science to suit their own interest. Regarding fishing when science say enough is enough regarding fishing in the Great Barrier Reef people do not like to hearing that and now in this case when science say it is ok to fishing with some conditions attached people do not like that either.
I guess the the question is: what it is more important, public opinion or science?
Perhaps in a democratic country the wish of the majority of the population overrules science.......I do not know any more

So after years of buying up quotas from local fisherman and comply with all the regulations and countless hurdles they been told to bugger off .Nice work .
George

The science and consequential management is so good that under AFMA's watch we have seen the Eastern Gemfish, Orange Roughy and School Shark fisheries decimated. These species are now officially listed as Conservation Dependent, but unofficially they are clearly vulnerable to extinction. The Southern Bluefin Tuna is similarly classified. Seems to me we have management for the fishers benefit, not the fishes.

Cheers
KarlB

Originally Posted by KarlB

The science and consequential management is so good that under AFMA's watch we have seen the Eastern Gemfish, Orange Roughy and School Shark fisheries decimated. These species are now officially listed as Conservation Dependent, but unofficially they are clearly vulnerable to extinction. The Southern Bluefin Tuna is similarly classified. Seems to me we have management for the fishers benefit, not the fishes.

Cheers
KarlB

Gday Karl,

where did you hear that about the S.B.T

Cheers Ean

That it is what I have read about
The World Conservation Union (IUCN) lists SBT as 'critically endangered.'
SBT is listed as 'threatened' under the Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988
SBT is listed as 'endangered' under the New South Wales Fisheries Management Act 1994The parental biomass (breeding population) of SBT in 1995 was 5-8% of the parental biomass in 1960 (Bureau of Rural Sciences 2001).
SBT has undergone a population reduction of at least 80% over three generations (IUCN, 2000).
Present SBT spawning biomass is "in the order of 7-15% of that which existed in 1960 (a time when substantial reductions had already occurred) and in the order of 25-53% of the 1980 level" (Bureau of Rural Sciences 2001).
High levels of unreported catch coupled with a management system trying to manage an already depleted population by consensus, has proved difficult.
A reviewed carried out in 2006 of the Japanese market confirmed that there are significant levels of unreported catches of SBT for at least the past 20 years. It is estimated that up to 178 000 t of unreported SBT have been caught (Bureau of Resource Sciences, 2007).
An independent review of Australia's SBT catch was showed no evidence of mis-reporting by the Australian SBT fleet.
The Australian and South Australian governments have never reduced the Australian quota of SBT in an effort to recover the species, preferring to shift blame to other countries which fish SBT.
The Australian and South Australian governments continue to allow the exploitation of this species.

Originally Posted by Ean Austral

Gday Karl,

where did you hear that about the S.B.T

Cheers Ean

Have a look here Ean: Thunnus maccoyii — Southern Bluefin Tuna

Cheers
KarlB

The Outdoor Pastimes Fishing Shack seems a bizarre place to move this imortant thread!