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Pew Coral Sea 'NO TAKE' agenda alive and well: Boswell

'Senator The Hon Ron Boswell, Nationals - keen boatie and fisherman.'    .
The agenda of US based environmental group Pew Charitable Trust to turn 972,000 square kilometres of the Coral Sea into a ‘no-take zone’ is alive and well, according to The Nationals Senator Ron Boswell.

“The twisted analysis by Pew of the cost of policing a ‘no-take zone’ versus a 30 percent zone only proves that their plan for the destruction of fishing is still in play.”

“Pew has consistently stated that they would like to see the Coral Sea turned into a no-take zone and the research they have released attempts to move the debate in that direction,” Senator Boswell said.

“This continual interference by Pew in pushing their extremist agenda is undermining the confidence of stakeholders in the Bioregional planning process put in place by the Howard Government to profile the entire Eastern Bio-region.”

“The price of policing a no-take zone in the Coral Sea is nothing compared to the cost to the community from the loss of the fishing industry to the Coral Sea region.”

“In November last year the Coral Sea Conservation Zone was finally declared after a motion to disallow it was defeated.”

“During that debate I revealed that only Pew Charitable Trust and the Australian Conservation Foundation were the only two groups consulted prior to the declaration of the Coral Sea Conservation Zone.”

“Minister Garrett has been beholden to Pew Charitable Trust on the Coral Sea issue. It is hoped that this most recent set of figures does not compel the Minister to implement Pew’s ‘no take’ agenda.”

“Minister Garrett in his media release dated 19 May 2009 stated that: ‘Acknowledging the concerns of stakeholders, the Conservation Zone I am announcing today will not impact on existing commercial, recreational or traditional indigenous fishing, or cruise and merchant shipping in the area.’

“It will be interesting to see how the Minister reacts to this latest research from Pew so that we will see whether he is taking his riding instructions from the extremist green movement on this issue.

“The fishing communities affected by Coral Sea Conservation Zone should rightly be suspicious of Pew’s figures that hide a more sinister agenda.

“The Coral Sea is a very low volume high value fishery with 10 million dollars fish taken in 2006. The area is in pristine condition and has been for 200 years.

“A no-take zone will not only hurt recreational and commercial fishing, but also the charter boat industry that relies heavily on the Coral Sea region.

“This latest development shows that you cannot give a group like Pew an inch without them trying to take a yard.”




by Office of Senator Boswell   2:24 AM Mon 8 Feb 2010 GMT


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