Fishing in marine parks e-petition

[Doyley]

For those who are interested....

The current process of establishing marine park boundaries has failed to include genuine consultation, and has failed to recognise that Queensland fisheries are already amongst the healthiest and best managed in the world, as highlighted in Queensland's Fish Stock Status reports over recent years.

Request to:

1. Urge the Federal Government to halt the current process of establishing marine parks in Queensland federal waters and to ensure that any future marine park boundaries are:

based on science, and that this science be made available to all stakeholders;

based on assessments of all risks to the environment by marine activities;

accompanied by socio-economic research to show impacts on commercial fisheries, charter businesses, recreational anglers, and associated communities and industries, including tourism; and

considerate of Australia's future food security needs.

2. Review the current marine national parks (MNPs) plans in Queensland state waters with a view to allowing sustainable recreational fishing activity in selected MNPs where environmental impacts are not significant, in line with the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

/>http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/en/work-of-assembly/petitions/e-petitions

No. 1964-12

[regulated]

http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/work-of-assembly/petitions/e-petition?PetNum=1964

Popped it up on facebook but it dropped off the feed in about one minute. Maybe the Greenies now have control of facebook.

[regulated]

This closes on the 26th of this month and it only has 237 votes so everyone please sign it.

[Uthrax]

Done, hopefully something good comes of this

[regulated]

Just had the ministers response come out about this petition.

/>http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/apps/EPetitions_qld/Responses/1964-12.pdf

[regulated]

Looks like its been fobbed off to federal and other parts say they've done the right thing.

Bugger

[ellicat]

Just had the ministers response come out about this petition.

/>http://www.parliament.qld.gov.au/apps/EPetitions_qld/Responses/1964-12.pdf

Agree with page 1 but page 2 :ohmy: ...Whomever wrote that bunkum is either living in fantasy land or is just a bald faced liar. What a load of bs