Save the Coral Sea campaign

[monie666]

Why cant money that goes to bullshit campaigns be spent to help the whales. or putting the money towards proper research. Don't punish recreational fisherman who enjoy OUR waters. Put the money into making coral. Or atleast do the world a favour and go to sleep you green pricks. Don't forget to turn off the light

[ellabayforever]

AQIS figures confirm Australia lawfully exported 230 tonnes of shark FINS alone in the 13 months prior to August 2008. Food for thought.

[benlovescheese]

yeh of the sharks that are courght for flake (shark). why not make money off the frames! they would just get thrown out anyway

[monie666]

For fuck sake. Approaching problems with no thought is going to do a whole lot of good aint it. You are talking about a tiny minority of people who fish taking shark fin. Do you really think that one that does such a mongrel act will stop doing it if there not allowed to fish there. They dont give a fuck about the laws. Obviously. Stop blaming the massive amount of people who use our waters on this. cause thats all your doing. Spend the time and effort in having these cruel bastards dealt with

[monie666]

ellabayforever, by the sound of it you dont like the water. Maybe you have trouble getting in the bath?? Get out there and find out for yourself. Australians are NO threat to any shark. We have measures to controll 'no take' on species of low-number sharks. Illegal fisherman dont. They dont give a shit! Autralian Fisherman are the best border control that this Country has. Dont lead others in believing their lies.

[ellabayforever]

Part 2 - Australian Fisheries Management Annual Report 2008-09 page 43 "a concession holder and skipper were fined for retaining shark fins without the landing of carcasses and failing to complete fishing log books in the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery. The concession holder was fined $6100, and the skipper $17 000. In addition, the value of shark fins seized ($4480) was forfeited to the Commonwealth."

Just one example!google it!So u want these blokes running border patrol in the Coral Sea?

[ellabayforever]

this from the ABC ....A mother and son from the Gulf of Carpentaria in far north-west Queensland have been fined for illegally possessing shark fins.

Joan Betty Gater, 62, and Michael Vincent Gater, 38, pleaded guilty to possessing 37 kilograms of shark fin from the Coleman River last September.

In the Cairns Magistrates Court, both were fined $9,500 and had their operating licences suspended.

Michael Gater was also fined for obstructing a Fisheries officer.

Aussies no threat to sharks you say?

[perein03]

monie666 give it a rest mate.

[ellabayforever]

With the long line shark bycatch from the Coral Sea exceeding 100 tonnes of shark I would say there is valid cause for concern monie666. Your 3% figure may be correct as these sharks aren't taken "to eat" they simply have their valuable fins sliced off and their remains are thrown overboard.

if,as you assert, these professional fishermen doing this are "the best conservationists out there" the Coral Sea sharks have a grim future indeed.

[monie666]

Don't Help these guys!!!! They dont realise that fisherman them selves are the best conservationists out there. If they stop us from fishing there who will be able to see these areas getting fished by illegal fisherman. Reef sharks will never become endangered off our reefs. about 3% of fisherman will actually take shark to eat. He who thinks shark numbers are getting down come and explore it for yourself. you will see sharks on every reef or pinnicle that you explor. Fight agains this campain

[benlovescheese]

this is the only true thing said. anyone one who dives will agree. same with the GNS if there is only like 500 GNS left what the odds of hooking them because they are getting to the stage where they are an anoying bycatch! this is another green campain to lock out another spot! look at the japs they still hunt whales in a marine park and along the way smashing the southern bluefin tuna stocks who is stoping them! THE GREENS ARE PISS WEAK!!!!