Super Trawler is back.
I have cut and pasted this from another forum as we need as much help as we can get. Please take the time to read and fill in the Objection to the AFMA. It is our waters and our Fish. "Surprise surprise the super trawler has found a loop hole". WE NEED TO ACT NOW BEFORE IT PICKS UP MOMENTUM. The legislation that recently passed through the senate prevents a super trawler of this size operating in Australian waters for 2 years until further research takes place. Well now the super trawler has applied for permission to act as a massive mother ship for smaller vessels. Therefore the massive quota that the owner of sea fish Tasmania influenced AFMA to get over the line still stands but the only difference is a large number of smaller trawlers will be used to reach that quota instead of one large one. The reason why these smaller boats are not actively fishing for them now is at $1 per kg it is not viable for them by the time they pay for fuel costs, etc. However if they can stay out at sea for long periods of time and have it unloaded and processed it then becomes profitable. Therefore if this gets passed by AFMA it would be no different and a bait schools and therefore our pelagic fishery will be wiped out. PLEASE TAKE 10 minutes of your time to send an email to AFMA to stop this from occurring. PLEASE DON'T HAVE THE MENTALITY THAT SOMEONE ELSE WILL DO IT. JUST 10 minutes !!! For further reading click on this link http://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/...-super-freezer Or to send an objection to AFMA click on this link http://www.afma.gov.au/managing-our-.../#.UP8leqPZXJt
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carnarvonite
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Wrong forum
Stick it in the general discussion forum, you will get a better response there than here in the for sale section
Seafarer 5.8
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Sorry for that.
Sorry was not thinking.
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groper down below
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i thought the super trawlers
i thought the super trawlers quota came from all those small vessels anyway so wots the diff if it fishes or all the smaller vessels fish ?
chookc
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Date Joined: 07/01/10
At the moment fuel costs and
At the moment fuel costs and travel time make it non profitable for these trawlers to fish these areas. But if they off load there catch to the supertrawler who processes their catch at sea they keep fishing and don't have to steam back to port..
Rob H
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The big problem here is AFMA
The big problem here is AFMA issuing quota willy nilly, not the trawler itself, other than the concentrated effort.
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meglodon
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AFMA super trawler deal
I think AFMA are looking at doing everything thay can to appease the super trawler mob so they don't get taken to court. If the super trawler troops take AFMA to court because they got the boat here and then where told that there had been a change of plan and we (AFMA) are not going to allow you to use the ship because it will damage my (self interest) chances of being elected back into office at the next election sorry boys.
Super trawler isn't interested in his re election chances just the huge amount of dosh being lost through having a large ship tied up to the wharf doing nothing.It will be very interesting to see how many hoops AFMA jumps through to keep out of court