All,
Thanks to a number of dedicated fisho?s out there today who have offered their support and comment on what is seen as the first step by fishers and boaters getting together to let the Government, the Opposition and the National Parks Association (NPA) know, ?Enough is Enough?!
Our E-Lobby response to the NPA?s E-Letter campaign is finished, up, and running with a heap of hits already.
The final letter that you submit will be emailed off to the four recipients as listed. It allows you to add your personal comments or views, as well as your details, so its your letter.
We have created room for any fishing, boating or other group to add their logo?s in at the top of the bulletin, as you will see, this will show everyone who is behind this unified campaign of, ?Enough is Enough?! If you wish that your group supports this initiative, then send your logo to the webmaster
neil@sportsfish.com.au .
So forward this email on, or cut and paste the information provided creating your own email.
THEN ACT NOW! Your in charge of our fishing and boating future. Click the link below, read all about it, complete your details, add your comments and hit the button. It's that simple, and thank you for your support.
http://www.sportsfish.com.au/
http://www.sportsfish.com.au/pages/library/current-news/call_to_action.html
http://www.sportsfish.com.au/elobbyform/ ENOUGH IS ENOUGH: Calling all fishers to action!
Torn Blue Fringe ~ A mythThe extremist anti-fishing and boating group, the National Parks Association, which is a NON government organisation, is clearly showing by its latest move, that it has no respect for the views held by 1 million plus NSW voters, who go fishing and boating each year.
The NPA has fired their next salvo, forcing their bigoted, biased and devoid of any scientific evidence report, The ?Torn Blue Fringe? onto Government Ministers through an on online email campaign to Carmel Tebbutt, the Minister for Climate Change and the Environment and cc?d both Nathan Rees, NSW Premier and Catherine Cusack, Shadow Minster for Climate Change & Environmental Sustainability, calling for them to implement the recommendations of The Torn Blue Fringe report.
This extremist group and their ?Torn Blue Fringe? report is nothing more than an ambit and unsubstantiated claim over all the coastal waters of NSW.
Time has come fellow fishers and boaters, to get off our collective butts and draw a line in the sand.ENOUGH IS ENOUGH! Politicians of this state need to be sent a very clear message, starting now. Any further consideration of the NPA?s report, or any approach by other Marine Park supporters that attacks fishing as the only cause of damage to our marine life will no longer be tolerated, and this will be reflected at the ballot box!
Professor Kearney?s report has publicly refuted the ?Torn Blue Fringe? and further exposed it for the worthless unsubstantiated waste of paper that it is!
Of course would you expect anything less from an extremist anti-fishing/boating group, who still have not responded formally to the Kearney report, as if they could? They rather show their contempt by attempting to hoodwink the public, by asking them to bludgeon State Ministers into believing that their unscientific ?Torn Blue Fringe? is the right way to go, and should be implemented immediately.
As for the NPA?s additional drive, insisting on larger protection zones for Grey Nurse Sharks, the current research will not be completed until late 2009. Unfortunately this seems to be standard procedure for the NPA to act before the correct information is available.
The NPA should be condemned for its continued attack on fishing and boating as the only threat to our marine animals and aquatic environment. The organisations track record of producing many misleading and flawed reports, whilst ignoring and addressing all the issues must be questioned, thus its accountability and use of state tax payer dollars must be reduced or stopped.
Surely the current NSW Labor government already have enough on its plate trying to fix the unfixable.
Ken, Good to talk once again this afternoon, I like many others look forward to your update and outcomes from the Unity Meeting.
