Fishing New Regulations
Submitted by roberta on Wed, 2009-08-12 14:07
Friends just sent methis email......lets hope it is good news after 4.00pm today
I am pleased to advsie that at 4PM today the ALP will announce in the Legislative Assembly that they are moving to disallow the regulations. That will put pressure on the National Party to show that they are independent!
There will be some coverage of the developments on the news tonight and in The West tomorrow. Including the www.fishingtaxgrab.com booth at the Perth Boat Show today where many letters are being signed.
We need to keep pressure on the Liberals and Nationals with letters to those Members.
Regards
Neil Bartholomaeus
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Bodie
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wow sounds promising first
wow
sounds promising
first step i guess!
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Minister's statement
Wed 12 August, 2009
Media response - Petition protesting fishing licence fees
Questions asked by: The West Australian
Subject: Petition protesting fishing licence fees
Minister's response:
“We live in a democracy and people are entitled to their opinions.
“However, I can only repeat the State Government’s position that expert researchers and other scientists have advised that certain fisheries are at risk unless urgent action is taken.
“As Minister for Fisheries I do not resile from making it financially unattractive for anglers to go fishing for certain types of fish, like dhufish and baldchin groper.
“Scientists have told me that stocks of these types of demersal fish are in danger of collapse. The whole point of the State Government’s action is to try and prevent so many of these fish from being caught and to ensure that there are enough to sustain the fishery for future generations of fishers.
“The commercial sector has already slashed its take of these types of fish by 50 per cent. It is only fair that recreational fishers now do the same.
“In relation to other fishing fees, once again I repeat that the decision to charge higher fees gives me no pleasure.
“The fees are designed to enable those people who make greatest use of the resource to make a proportionately greater contribution to the management of that resource – which ultimately is funded by the taxpayer, many of whom do not fish.
Minister's office - 9422 3000
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Shorty
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The National partys full of
The National partys full of farmers, a lot love there fishing, Minister Moore might have a very tough time getting it through.
roberta
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Shorty, you should see the amount
of farmers that come into Jurien, Green Head and Leeman, weather permitting they are down every week end or for a couple of weeks at a time, Moora, Three Springs and surrounding areas. Most have boats and a hell of a lot are up and down the beaches in their 4x4's netting early, nearly every morning on the beaches, have even seen them set up on the beaches between Leeman and Nobby Head, camped (highly illegal) gen sets, fishing with boat (as a lot of these farmers also had shacks there for years before they had to pull them all down & know the surrounding ocean/beaches/reef structures) then netting from the beaches. You can tell my their number plates on their 4x4's where they come from.
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Auslobster
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Non-fishing taxpayers...
...will end up paying more for their fish as well. The minister conveniently fails to acknowledge that little chestnut.
Fewer amateurs going out to catch their own fish, as well as the reduced commercial take, are going to increase the demand for market-supplied fish, which will lead to higher and higher prices. So these "non-fishing taxpayers" he's talking about are gonna have to get used to their farmed prawns/nile perch/basa filets just like everyone else.
At the risk of flogging the dead horse one more time, changes needed to be made, but in a far more reasonable/sensible way than what this government has come up with.
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Coles
Coles had Samson fosh for sale, you could see the lice only $28 kg ... yummmm
roberta
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Just got a reply from one of
the 17 letters sent to the MLA & MLC,
The Hon. Simon O"Brien MLC, letter content,pleasantries then the content
"As this matter you have raised falls within the portfolio responsibility of the Hon Norman Moore MLC, Minister for Fisheries, I have taken the liberty of forwarding your correspondence for the Minister's attention and consideration."
Whoopie, nothing more, nothing less
Anybody else got any replies and how many?
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