3rd Mar 2010
Shooters party back anglers
Hey guys check this out. Rob Brown goes on the defence to protect the rights of NSW million anglers and the NCC launches a personal attack!
The Shooters Party is at it again ... and now they're after our marine parks!
With its mission to open up NSW’s terrestrial national parks to hunting stalled, the Shooters Party is spearheading a call for a moratorium on marine parks off the NSW coast.
It’s hard to believe but Shooters Party leader Robert Brown is now chair of the Committee holding an inquiry into recreational fishing in NSW. The Committee under his leadership is responsible for looking at ‘sustainable’ fishing and marine parks, among other issues, and setting the direction for decision making on recreational fishing for decades to come.
Not allowing evidence to get in the way of sensationalism, the Chair of the Committee dismisses the science behind marine parks as "voodoo science".
The Nature Conservation Council strongly disagrees with this rhetoric. Marine parks, particularly no-take or sanctuary zones, are a vital tool for marine conservation as evidenced by a huge number of scientific papers.
Colin Price, we cannot let the Shooters Party and some extremists in the recreational fishing lobby destroy the precious marine sanctuaries and protected areas we fought so hard to establish.
We’ve stood up to the Shooters Party in the past and I ask you to join with us now.
We must send a clear message to the inquiry and our political leaders that we not only do not want any scale-back of ‘no-take’ areas, but we believe these areas must be
increased without delay in order to provide better protection for marine biodiversity.
Have your say
Please urgently send two cyberactions before Friday 19 March:
one to the recreational fishing inquiry <http://nccnsw.org.au/index.php?option=com_forme&fid=40> showing your support for marine parks and suggesting management improvements for recreational fisheries in NSW; and
another to Environment Minister Frank Sartor and Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan <http://nccnsw.org.au/index.php?option=com_forme&fid=41> expressing your support for expanding, not stopping, marine parks and sanctuaries.
You can also view the full Terms of reference for the Inquiry into recreational fishing <http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/Prod/parlment/committee.nsf/0/ad8a68508b48cc13ca25767e000bd393/$FILE/Terms%20of%20reference.pdf
Thank you for your support of our precious marine environment,
Ben Birt
Marine Campaigner
Nature Conservation Council of NSW
So have your say and stand up for those protecting our right to fish!!!! |
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