Posted: 24 Jul 2014 at 1:58am
Posted: 26 Jul 2014 at 3:40pm Posted: 29 Jul 2014 at 9:21am Posted: 29 Jul 2014 at 9:22amThere is about one million recreational fisher people in NEW ZEALAND and by adopting our FISHFIGHT policy there is potential to get one million voters.
Please read our key issues.
The aims are:
1/. To cause a law change that will require all commercial Trawlers to be restricted to a depth of 100m until they reduce their waste to 5%;
2/. Bring to the public attention the destructive practices of bottom trawling (in all its forms fishing and including shellfish etc) and its impact on the destruction of fragile seabed structures and reef areas.
3/. To cause a law change that will create Equal size limit of all species between the Recreational and Commercial fishers
Fishfight.org.nz is based on uk fishfight this is not a fly by night action group
Please Direct all correspondence to
For correspondence please send to:
P O Box 56582
Dominion Rd
Auckland
New Zealand 1446
Or send an email to Fish Fights spokesman
Norm Morgan on [email protected]
Posted: 29 Jul 2014 at 12:38pm Posted: 29 Jul 2014 at 3:05pm Posted: 29 Jul 2014 at 3:14pm Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 8:16am
Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 9:16am Kezza wrote:with election day just around the corner - what is the details of this protest? |
Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 9:31am Tzer wrote:
Sorry cant help myself but I'm guessing day after the elections |
Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 10:27am Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 11:38am Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 12:46pmHi
Paul
Thanks
for getting in touch about your FishFight group – Sealord is always interested
in views from across the community so we will keep up to speed with your
work.
From
our point of view, the situation isn’t as dire as you state. Sealord is a
deep-water fishery and all of the stocks that we catch are well managed and
sustainably fished. Several such as hoki and Southern blue whiting have been
independently assessed by the global Marine
Stewardship Council (MSC) and several other key species are on the journey
to MSC certification.
In
terms of the overall NZ fishing situation, recent news has been positive. The
Ministry of Primary Industry’s has just released its annual plenary report http://fs.fish.govt.nz/Page.aspx?pk=113&dk=23649
which has some useful information about the status of stocks (page 55), how they
are managed and the work being done to make improvements.
We’d
be happy to meet with members of your organisation, and if there are some
specific aspects of Sealord’s operations you have concerns about, would like the
opportunity to understand what these are and to share information about what we
believe are good practices and a genuine desire to keep improving our business
from a sustainability point of view.
Paul,
I couldn’t find the attachment you referred to in your email – could you send
this again please.
Regards
Alison
Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 1:14pm Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 1:29pm Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 2:23pmA Tauranga based, family owned and operated commercial fishing company was sentenced in Wellington District Court yesterday for making false statements on fishing returns and fishing inside prohibited areas.
Fine O Muir Limited was convicted on seven charges of making false statements on fishing returns, and fined a total of $37,500. The charges related to the company fishing in one management area and misreporting their catch as having been caught in another area.
Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) District Compliance Manager for Waikato/Bay of Plenty Brendon Mikkelsen says that this type of behaviour undermines the Quota Management System (QMS), which relies on catch limits set for each management area.
“A total disregard for the Quota Management System places fish stocks at risk of overfishing. The information provided by commercial fishermen on their fishing returns is important information for managing commercial fisheries and making sure they are sustainable,” says Mr Mikkelsen.
Fine O Muir Limited was also convicted on a further 19 charges of fishing inside a prohibited area. The charges related to the company fishing inside prohibited fishing areas near Cape Runaway on 54 occasions over a six month period.
Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 2:39pm| pjc wrote: I need to do some research i have and i am still doing it Here is an example of what is going on,you ok with this sort thing A.C http://www.fish.govt.nz/en-nz/Press/Illegal+fishing+costs+Tauranga+commercial+fishers+95000.htm <h3 style="font-family: 'Arial Narrow', 'Helvetica Condensed', sans-serif; color: rgb51, 51, 51; font-size: large; text-trans: uppercase; line-height: normal;">18 DECEMBER 2012</h3><p style="margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; color: rgb51, 51, 51; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, Verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: normal;">A Tauranga based, family owned and operated commercial fishing company was sentenced in Wellington District Court yesterday for making false statements on fishing returns and fishing inside prohibited areas. Fine O Muir Limited was convicted on seven charges of making false statements on fishing returns, and fined a total of $37,500. The charges related to the company fishing in one management area and misreporting their catch as having been caught in another area. Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) District Compliance Manager for Waikato/Bay of Plenty Brendon Mikkelsen says that this type of behaviour undermines the Quota Management System (QMS), which relies on catch limits set for each management area. “A total disregard for the Quota Management System places fish stocks at risk of overfishing. The information provided by commercial fishermen on their fishing returns is important information for managing commercial fisheries and making sure they are sustainable,” says Mr Mikkelsen. Fine O Muir Limited was also convicted on a further 19 charges of fishing inside a prohibited area. The charges related to the company fishing inside prohibited fishing areas near Cape Runaway on 54 occasions over a six month period. |
Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 2:44pm Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 2:47pm Posted: 30 Jul 2014 at 3:06pm| CanadianJohn wrote: yeah Theres so much unfocused drivel going on here i can't be arsed following it. yet i'm fully supportive of the idea of a protest. but i'm being put off by what a few of you lot are doing. its sad considering how much focused effort is going on by others. i thought you lot had a spokesman? leave the speaking to the spokesman. |
| CanadianJohn wrote: leave the speaking to the spokesman. |
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