Super Trawler Ban Court Case Upheld

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Taken from Fishing World email newsletter

Seafish Australia fail in Federal Court bid to overturn super trawler ban

21-2-14

The Federal Court has upheld a ban on a controversial super trawler operating in Australian waters.

Seafish Tasmania had asked the Federal Court to overturn a 2012 decision banning a controversial super trawler from fishing.

The company brought a trawler to Australia in 2012 to fish an 18,000 tonne quota of mackerel and red bait.

After a public outcry by green groups, Federal Parliament passed legislation imposing a two-year ban, while an expert panel considered the environmental impacts.

In a judgment released today, Federal Court Justice John Logan found the ban by then federal environment minister Tony Burke was reasonable.

Justice Logan said the redress for the Government's actions was not to be found within the courts, but perhaps by people assessing the risk of investing in Australia.

Rebecca Hubbard from Environment Tasmania welcomed the court's decision.

"Today's decision is the right one, it obviously supports the environment and the fisheries ministers and the Government in doing what's necessary to protect our environment and our fisheries," she said

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Just come across this article from January

Super trawler battle revived January 31, 2014
/>http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/national/super-trawler-battle-revived/story-fnjj6013-1226814418999

Seafish Tasmania is suing the Federal Government and two former Labor ministers over the ban on the controversial super trawler Abel Tasman. Source: Mercury

CALLS to stop a super trawler operating in Australian waters have been renewed as a two-year federal ban comes to an end in November.

The Stop the Trawler Alliance yesterday launched a campaign seeking pre-election commitments from all political parties to permanently ban super trawlers, with Liberals and the Greens backing the ban.

The alliance, made up of recreational fishers and conservation groups, led the public campaign that resulted in a ban on super trawlers fishing in Australian waters in 2012.

Rebecca Hubbard, of Environment Tasmania, said the threat of a super trawler depleting fish stocks had not disappeared, with a court challenge to the federal ban still being considered and indications proponents would again try to bring fish factories to Australian waters.

She said at a state level, government could introduce a regulation or amend legislation to ban specific fishing types such as trawling.

However, Premier Lara Giddings said a ban was up to the Federal Government.

"The fact is super trawlers don't operate in Tasmanian waters ... they operate in Australian waters in which state parties have no influence whatsoever," she said.

"What is important is whatever fishing takes place that it is controlled and sustainable."

Seafish Tasmania spokesman Mark Thomas said the company was waiting on the outcome of the Federal Court case.

Seafish Tasmania is suing the Federal Government and two former Labor ministers over the ban on the controversial super trawler Abel Tasman.

Mr Thomas said the Abel Tasman was never going to fish in Tasmanian waters.

Keen angler Todd Lambert said he had always taught his children to only catch what the family could eat and government policy should reflect that sentiment.

Opposition fisheries spokesman Rene Hidding said the Liberal Party was strongly against the super trawler.

"We have never supported it and we will not even consider supporting any kind of similar proposal in the future unless contemporary science shows it to be both sustainable and to have no adverse impacts on the recreational fishery," he said.

Greens primary industries spokesman Kim Booth said his party would introduce a permanent ban on super trawlers.

"The Greens have led the call for a ban on this type of giant ocean vacuum cleaner that is sucking the fish off the table of people around the world," he said.

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quote...Greens primary industries spokesman Kim Booth said his party would introduce a permanent ban on super trawlers....

poor fellow is quite deluded, even in his fantasy dream world his greens would not be voted into government

quote... "The Greens have led the call for a ban on this type of giant ocean vacuum cleaner that is sucking the fish off the table of people around the world," he said....

great example to use, considering the trawler was to supply African markets with an economical protein source

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Be careful bringing reasoned facts to this topic, Gad lol

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hi ya, you going up for the summer classic

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No, can't do it unfortunately.

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that is a shame, I`ll hope to win the lucky door prize then