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Super trawler changes tack
Application in to use super trawler as a 'freezer factory'Seafish Tasmania, the company responsible for bringing the super trawler Margiris (now the Abel Tasman) to Australia, has applied to use the super trawler as a freezer factory for smaller trawlers to unload their catch onto for processing (transhipment). This is despite the two-year ban and the review of super trawler impacts that hasn't even begun yet.
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority has asked for submissions from the public by this Monday 28 January!
Please join the thousands of concerned citizens in sending them a strong message that we will not back down from our opposition to
The two-year ban on super trawlers in the Small Pelagic Fishery requires an expert review of their impact, but this review has not even begun and Seafish is trying to sidestep due process.
More small trawlers transferring fish to the super trawler still places our small pelagic fish under threat, it still places critically endangered bluefin tuna under greater threat from loss of their food source, and it still threatens the death of seals, dolphins and seabirds through bycatch.
Let’s remind the Australian Government that they committed to a two-year ban on super trawlers and a scientific review process, and we want to see that upheld. Please send a submission www.stopthetrawler.net/take-action
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