No shark fin fishery proposed for Queensland
Queensland Fisheries managers, the Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries recently reiterated that there are no proposals in place to establish a shark fin fishery in Queensland.

Shark finning is illegal in Australia and this is fully supported by the Queensland fishing industry.

Recent statements made by the World Wildlife Fund, the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and self proclaimed PR firm Lush Cosmetics are inaccurate and misleading to suggest Queensland is establishing a dedicated shark fin fishery.

The practice of finning shark at sea is currently prohibited under the Fisheries Act and there are no proposals to amend that.

The new management proposals propose to restrict access to the take of shark from 1,400 licences down to approximately 20 boats. This restricted access will help ensure future catches are sustainable.

Queensland’s fishermen are the first to support sustainable fishing as this is their livelihood and follow stringent limits on all species including shark. Fishing for sharks was being carefully managed by the Queensland Government, and fishers were assisting both university scientists studying sharks and onboard observers recording shark catches.

Comment comes from an environmental lobbyist and film-maker with a particular view of the world, who blames ‘over-fishing’ for him not being able to find as many sharks as he wanted to on a recent trip are unfortunate and frankly only insult people’s intelligence.

Scientists, managers and fishers are all working hard to ensure proper management of shark fishing, and they deserve better than hysterical claims of crisis.

Fishing for sharks in Queensland is well managed, conservatively managed and on the basis of sustainability so that healthy shark numbers will always be maintained off Queensland.


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keith   | 05/09/2008 18:34:45
If shark is to be a no take species for some 1,400 licence holders what will be next? Being the holder of a multi endorsed fishing authority I believe I and others like me need all avenues of access to catch commercial species for those people who wish to enjoy them.Scientific data used to implement the GBRMPA zonings had no basis to warrant such massive extensions of already existing green zones so on what undisputable evidence can the assumption be made that shark numbers are under threat in Queensland waters? Policy decisions made by fisheries managers seem to be made on the advice of so called scientific data which if confronted could probably not back up this information with evidence to prove their case.Slowly but surely the above decision makers who advise policy makers are going to make people like me an endangered species in the fishing food chain.
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Matthew - Mr Keith   | 06/12/2008 10:15:09
Then to stop you becoming endangered species then lucky the government is doing something to protect your industry. What will you and future generations do for work if the shark in it many forms becomes extinct. What do you think scientest actually do, just make stuff up?
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keith   | 05/09/2008 18:35:01
If shark is to be a no take species for some 1,400 licence holders what will be next? Being the holder of a multi endorsed fishing authority I believe I and others like me need all avenues of access to catch commercial species for those people who wish to enjoy them.Scientific data used to implement the GBRMPA zonings had no basis to warrant such massive extensions of already existing green zones so on what undisputable evidence can the assumption be made that shark numbers are under threat in Queensland waters? Policy decisions made by fisheries managers seem to be made on the advice of so called scientific data which if confronted could probably not back up this information with evidence to prove their case.Slowly but surely the above decision makers who advise policy makers are going to make people like me an endangered species in the fishing food chain.
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