fishing Archive

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  The last ocean

  
  
  
  The Ross Sea is described as the world’s last ocean. The Greens support making the Ross Sea a Protected Area, which would mean protecting the Ross Sea’s Antarctic toothfish from fishing. Do you agree? read more
  November 5, 2009 9:33 am - 8 Comments
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  Vote for a sustainable ocean: buy the best fish

  
  
  
  Forest and Bird has issued an update of its popular, and very useful, Best Fish Guide. The guide takes into account the state of fish stocks, the amount of seabird, marine mammal and non-target fish bycatch, the damage done to marine habitats and other ecological effects caused by the fishing to decide on its rating. It’s a [...] read more
  November 3, 2009 10:02 am - 9 Comments
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  Sorry Sealions, it’s “too radical” to save you from extinction

  
  
  
  DOC and Tim Groser’s excuse for dumping the Hookers Sealion population management plan that the plan is “too radical” and imposes costs is ridiculously lazy and stupid. The Bluegreens are clearly a complete greenwash – how disappointing. There was a moment or two when it looked like they might have been genuine in their commitment, [...] read more
  August 12, 2009 12:46 pm - 4 Comments
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  Marine Animals Bill an opportunity for Govt

  
  
  
  This Wednesday is Members’ day. One of the bills up for first reading is Metiria Turei’s Marine Animals Protection Law Reform Bill. The Environmental Defence Society’s chair, Gary Taylor, writes today about how the high-profile decline of marine animals and the threat this poses for our economy. He says that the bill is a great opportunity [...] read more
  July 27, 2009 1:45 pm - 12 Comments
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  Wild irony in fish advert

  
  
  
  This advert is on prominent display at Wellington airport. It’s similar to one I noted last year. The Talley boys’ colourful political views are quite well known, and they are hardly the poster-boys for sustainable wild fishing. For example, this insightful analogy for bottom-trawling – a practice that has caused UK supermarket Waitrose to destock our [...] read more
  July 22, 2009 7:00 am - 20 Comments
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  Greenpeace’s new fishing video

  
  
  
  This new vid from Greenpeace features TV fishing personality and extreme stunt fisherman Matt Watson talks about fishing and sustainability, echoing what Metiria Turei wrote on World Oceans Day. read more
  June 23, 2009 3:03 pm - 2 Comments
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  Labour’s disrespect for open government

  
  
  
  After voters got a chance to know in time for the election Labour has finally declared it has taken $100,000 from a company called Resource Finance Ltd, which is registered at the same address as the infamous Vela Fishing Ltd. There are still no declarations from National or the other parties, including United Future, although perhaps [...] read more
  November 11, 2008 8:34 am - 7 Comments
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  Running out of fish

  
  
  
  Dot Earth has this short video, noting that our oceans are running out of fish.  Actually not just running out of fish but being profoundly stripped empty: For more than a decade, marine scientists and communicators have been trying to convey just how profoundly the biological bounty of the seas has been stripped away in the [...] read more
  October 1, 2008 11:29 am - 2 Comments
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  Empty oceans

  
  
  
  Our poor little disappearing whitebait are not alone.  Or to be more accurate, once they reach the ocean, they are alone. The US Good magazine has an important story, Fin: The Last Days of Fish that notes: Our oceans carry less than a tenth the number of fish they once held, yet few of us have [...] read more
  September 10, 2008 11:50 am - 5 Comments
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  An emissions trading subsidy for fishing?

  
  
  
  The Hive noted on Friday that: The revised [Emissions Trading Scheme] contains an enormous new subsidy for the fishing industry. This was, surprise, surprise negotiated by NZ First… Fish subsidies are the direct cause of over fishing. We are opposed to any subsidisation of this industry. The original ETS has no subsidy going [...] read more
  August 31, 2008 4:19 pm - 7 Comments