An unprecedented alliance to combat the decline of fish stocks
This week environmental and non-commercial fishing groups have put aside their differences and formed an unprecedented alliance to combat the decline of fish stocks and marine ecosystems in New Zealand.
The groups include the NZ Recreational Fishing Council, the NZ Big Game Fishing Council, option4, the Hokianga Accord, Forest & Bird, Greenpeace and ECO.
All are concerned about the decline of many fish stocks in New Zealand waters, and are calling on Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley to take urgent action to return the marine environment and fisheries to good health.
This week they met Mr Heatley to ask him to take a more holistic and cautious fisheries management approach.
The groups are troubled by the Government’s strategic vision for fisheries – Fisheries 2030 – which Mr Heatley is considering now. Read the press release here.
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Submission on Marine Protected Areas proposals on the South Island’s West Coast:
Dear Sirs,
Science and marine fishery records shows that 90% of the top of the marine food-chain has been eliminated in the last 100 years.
What remains is getting smaller by weight and size, and is reproducing less frequently and less numerously.
My responsability is to eat less, yours is to ensure that what remains is protected and what is harvested is caught in a sustainable fashion.
Yours faithfully,
dear sirs
i met a scallop fisherman the other day,
he says he can only catch 25% of his quota in a season now.
he is certainly not the only fisherman in this situtation.
its time the government took some more responsibility and reduced quota sizes and the number of quotas,
to insure we have fish for our future.
i belive this is an urgent matter,thank you.
regards scott davidson