Fishing industry disquiet at South Australia State Labor Govt increasing areas of marine parks on back of Green claims

The Australian is reporting – Suicide warning as Labor locks up fisheries – full text pasted below.
This map from AdelaideNow Nov 2012 is the only statewide map I have found.

More detailed and up to date maps are here. Concerned fishing people say. SBS says – Fishermen downcast as marine sanctuaries prevail in SA. And the ABC reports – South Australia’s marine park’s sanctuary zone liberal amendment bill has been defeated by one vote in the House of Assembly.
IMHO Green claims that this or that species is endangered in our coastal seas would be hyped by the usual Green exaggerations – which have been faithfully reported as fact over decades by the MSM. Seems to me mainly a case that Labor is shoring up its left wing Green support at the expense of a productive sector in S.A. Nothing new there.

9/19/2014
Suicide warning as Labor locks up fisheries

SOUTH Australia’s minority Labor government has won a critical parliamentary vote to preserve a network of proposed marine parks while losing the support of a key independent for the first time yesterday.
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However, with the support of fellow independent MP Geoff Brock, who is also Minister for Regional Development, Labor was able to defeat the opposition bill to remove 12 commercial fishing areas from a proposed network of “no-take” zones.
Regional fishing groups reacted angrily to the bill’s defeat yesterday, warning the government’s proposed marine park network would devastate fishing economies in Port Wakefield, Kangaroo Island and the South Australian west coast when they come into effect in October.
Andy Gilfillan, chairman of the government Local Advisory Group for Kangaroo Island’s marine park zones, said the concerns of fisheries on the island had been ignored.
He criticised Mr Brock for his unwavering support for the state Labor government. “It is fair to say that he is not acting independently because if you were an independent who acted for the regions you wouldn’t allow an economic hit of $6.3m to a population of 4500 people,” he said.“It contravenes the agreement (between Brock and Weatherill) and it contravenes the Premier’s vision and the state’s vision for a sustainable and growing fresh and clean food industry.”
Ferguson Australia managing director Andrew Ferguson, whose company exports southern rock lobsters from Kangaroo Island to China, said the new parks would drastically affect the company’s catch.
“We are being told to just wait and see what happens — well, you can’t run a business on wait and see, so we will wait and see how many job losses, how many suicides. It is going to have a ­dramatic impact.”
Ferguson’s factory manager in Kingscote, Jason Stevens, told The Australian the town was­ ­“worried about the flow-on ­effects” of the closures, which would see fishing areas that provided up to 80 per cent of the company’s catch locked up.
Mr Hamilton-Smith said he was unable to support the Labor government because of his ­commitment to regional economic development.
“The state is in a precarious economic position. Now is not the time for government to make it harder for businesses and sole operators to stay in business.”
SARAH MARTIN THE AUSTRALIAN SEPTEMBER 19, 2014 12:00AM

One thought on “Fishing industry disquiet at South Australia State Labor Govt increasing areas of marine parks on back of Green claims”

  1. Not so many years ago you could fish anywhere, as long as you did not get your hooks into anyone.
    If commercial fishing is depleting stocks, the remedy is quotas, not no-fish zones for all eternity. And is there any evidence that recreational ocean fishing in Australia has ever led to a species being put in danger? Of course not, so why ban it?
    The state government’s answer is “look at all the wonderful leisure activities ‘facilitated’ by banning fishing.” Similar to Tasmania which has now banned virtually every conceivable economic activity over most of its area.
    Warwick’s second link below the map gives a realistic view of the sort of tourism opportunities the new bans will open up:

    “Tours at Port Wakefield

    Points of interest:
    Low tide. NO TOUR unless you want to be knee deep in the mud.
    High Tide. Sand, Cabbage-weed and crabs.
    Half tide. Get out and push the boat as we don’t want to get stuck out here till the next tide.

    ALL Fantastic must do options?

    Who would pay for it? and How much?”

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