Minister plans increase on endangered blue fin catch

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 6:33p.m.

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New Zealand plans to increase its catch of the critically endangered southern blue fin tuna.

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21 Mar 2010 03:40p.m.

Brent wrote:

Theres a very simple answer to all this do what myself and my wife have done send a personal letter to the unhonourable drop kick,s we call our leaders of our country. Never to vote for a toxic government again.

07 Mar 2010 09:10p.m.

Karli wrote:

"the stocks have been rebuilding well" is a nice thought but completely untrue. The scientific report (read it if you like) shows that the stock is now at a historic low, around 5% left (Report of the Fourteenth Meeting of the Scientific Committee can be downloaded at http://www.ccsbt.org/docs/meeting_r.html). The only quota level that scientists predicted would allow the stock to recover to 20% of its biomass by 2030 was a zero quota, for everyone (graph on p 26). Note - that's the Commission's own fisheries scientists saying that, not "the greenies". The Atlantic bluefin is indeed in a very dire state, with a proposal being considered in a week's time to ban trade in the species, however the stock level for southern bluefin is even lower than Atlantic bluefin. Rather than going to the Commission with the intention of saving this species from extinction our officials went there to secure a bigger slice of the pie for New Zealand. The totally insufficient quota cut agreed internationally is a reflection of a group of countries more interested in fighting over what's left than giving the species and the fishery a future. Shameful.

15 Feb 2010 02:44a.m.

George wrote:

I luv bluefin tuna!!! They taste great, I'm gonna eat as much as I can before the japs get em all wales to. I agree with (the ministry of fisheries has lost his marbles) - National should host a annual bluefin eating competition, then we would get those pesky jap tourists in droves, while we have a bloody nice feed of bluefin - yummy!!! And Katrina I'm sure National would donate the proceeds to a very just cause.