Tim Nicol of Conservation Council at it Again.
Submitted by Howard George on Fri, 2012-03-09 08:13
Just heard on ABC news comments from Tim Nicol regarding Commonwealth Marine Parks in the Southwest of the State and the ammount of submissions the minister received and of the 40,OOO plus received 38OOO wanted greater protection. What really gets my blood pumping is the bias reporting from the ABC news department. No imput from the fishing community whether rec.- Com. and the fact that a lot of statements made by the Cons. Coun. are porky pies tugging at peoples heart strings. The question I keep asking is why this clown keeps getting the oxygen to make these statements? Surely no one believes what is said by the Cons. Counc. anymore or are people that stupid.
UncutTriggerInWA
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Sadly.. People can be stupid
The ABC will entertain anyone with a drum to beat. 38,000 "fors" hardly stacks up against the number of rec fishers active out there. The Cons Council has its own agendas and will continue to take advantage of any media exposure it can get. That's what they get paid for.
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Paul H
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How did they get 38,000+ fors
How did they get 38,000+ fors - simple.
You ask "do you agree with marine parks to protect whales, dolphins, turtle and cuddly bears?" and watch the average joe public without a clue say "yes". This is how they go about their "public opinion polls"
and no poeple are probably not that stupid but given their unaware of the real issues not suprisingly they say yes.
The question should be "do you think banning fishing from certain areas will do much for the enviorment without doing anything else such as addressing runoff and introduced species from ship ballast etc?"
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