Australian Fishos

[Leon Roskilly]

In case any of our friends down under missed it.

 

 

Keep Australia Fishing

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8YmtyHIfrU...feature=related

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xaRxwEUAP8&NR=1

[Clifftop]

Thanks for that Leon

 

Cheers Fred

[Clifftop]

I should have added that i've passed that on to people i know who are on committees.

 

In South Australia we are currently fighting the government over fishing restrictions.

Last year they were talking about introducing marine parks and asked anyone who fished to log into their website and mark on a map

where they fished the most and they would try and exclude these area from the marine parks.

 

Governments being what they are they have produced the positions of the marine parks which now include no take zones.

 

There will be no prizes given for guessing where the no take zones are.

They cover the most popular fishing areas.

strangely or maybe not so strange, not one marine park is off metropolitan Adelaide, maybe, just maybe thats because thats where most of the voters live.

 

We already have bag and size limits which are bigger than most other states.

 

Governments suck

Edited May 8, 2011 by Clifftop

[Leon Roskilly]

In South Australia we are currently fighting the government over fishing restrictions.

 

 

As are groups around Australia (but largely ignored by the politicos).

 

That's why a powerful well-resourced national peak body that can tackle the issues on a federal basis is needed, both to meet the greens and their supporters pushing much of the agenda nationally head-on, and to co-ordinate action both nationally and state by state.

 

I've been trawling the internet for comment on the report, and I'm impressed to find it universally welcomed, perhaps showing a real hunger for something positive to be done.

 

It's a start.

[Leon Roskilly]

More from Martin

 

[Chris Goddard]

Many thanks for that link Leon, not something we would normally see? And I can quite honestly say this, the Australians gain is OUR very sad loss! Martin salter was after all a Labour man. BUT he was also possibly the BIGGEST supporter of anglers this country has and will ever see in Parliament! I hate to say this of a Labour Politician? But I LIKE him!!

[Clifftop]

Hi Leon, the first two links you provided i did watch and forwarded them on to people on committees.

 

When i checked this morning before posting onto another forum i see martin has removed the first two.

 

Has he been got at i wonder.

Edited June 22, 2011 by Clifftop

[Leon Roskilly]

Hi Leon, the first two links you provided i did watch and forwarded them on to people on committees.

 

When i checked this morning before posting onto another forum i see martin has removed the first two.

 

Has he been got at i wonder.

 

 

Another one

 

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/australiatalks/st...011/3242655.htm

 

Hi Leon, the first two links you provided i did watch and forwarded them on to people on committees.

 

When i checked this morning before posting onto another forum i see martin has removed the first two.

 

Has he been got at i wonder.

 

 

er, I think they were moved, I found them again on google a couple of weeks ago

 

Many thanks for that link Leon, not something we would normally see? And I can quite honestly say this, the Australians gain is OUR very sad loss! Martin salter was after all a Labour man. BUT he was also possibly the BIGGEST supporter of anglers this country has and will ever see in Parliament! I hate to say this of a Labour Politician? But I LIKE him!!

 

 

He's back in August