The sad state of the UK's seas
A 6m great white has been spotted repeatedly off the coast of the 'Naki. Cruising for seals around the seal colonies of the Sugar Loaf Islands. Of course it's a female, because they always grow to a larger size. I hope noone goes out there to catch it, because those sharks take years to grow to that size. And as yet we have no real information about how many there are, I think they've only just begun to satellite track them last year. I thought the spokesman from DOC was rubbish...he had the floor to himself, and all he could say was that he would be annoyed if someone caught it. Nice one. But that is all he could say - because his hands are bound to some extent by the Wildlife Act.
Great whites are fully protected in South Africa, Australia, the U.S, Malta...but nothing as yet in N.Z. Chris Carter wants to do something about it..apparently before the great white shark tagging project ends early this year. The other danger is overseas fishermen exploiting the loophole and fishing for it in NZ waters as its not protected.
Another case for some more enforcement officers, maybe a few more Navy patrol boats, then we could have sent one down to keep an eye on the Greenpeace loonies scrapping it out with the Japs about whales. 'Scuse the rant, but i've been at a two-day coastal conference listening to all the mistakes Europe has made, the seriously bad state of an unsustainably managed shark stock/fish stock (Population decline directly related to fishing effort), found out that Spain is consistently in the top 3 of shark fin producers and the EU is the worst collectively - did you know that out of all the UK's vast ocean territory, only 3.3km2 are protected by a no-take (Highly Protected Marine Reserve) - 0.001%. And I think they've rounded up. The equivalent on land is Kensington Gardens. NOW THAT IS BOLLOCKS.
Great whites are fully protected in South Africa, Australia, the U.S, Malta...but nothing as yet in N.Z. Chris Carter wants to do something about it..apparently before the great white shark tagging project ends early this year. The other danger is overseas fishermen exploiting the loophole and fishing for it in NZ waters as its not protected.
Another case for some more enforcement officers, maybe a few more Navy patrol boats, then we could have sent one down to keep an eye on the Greenpeace loonies scrapping it out with the Japs about whales. 'Scuse the rant, but i've been at a two-day coastal conference listening to all the mistakes Europe has made, the seriously bad state of an unsustainably managed shark stock/fish stock (Population decline directly related to fishing effort), found out that Spain is consistently in the top 3 of shark fin producers and the EU is the worst collectively - did you know that out of all the UK's vast ocean territory, only 3.3km2 are protected by a no-take (Highly Protected Marine Reserve) - 0.001%. And I think they've rounded up. The equivalent on land is Kensington Gardens. NOW THAT IS BOLLOCKS.
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