❓ A WA parliamentary question addresses the impact of recreational fishing on biodiversity in Ningaloo Marine Park, the appropriateness of no-take areas, and varying angler objectives. The Minister acknowledges the questions, states a lack of evidence of biodiversity impact, and highlights the public consultation process for the management plan.
AnsweredQoN 709Legislative Council
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(1) Is the minister aware of the impact on biodiversity of recreational fishing in the Ningaloo Marine Park, and how does this translate into excluding recreational anglers on tightly managed daily bag and possession limits from increasing no-take areas? (2) Is the minister aware that the Ningaloo Marine Park has had the tightest recreational fisheries management constraints in place since 1992 to ensure that the activity does not impact on the park’s existing no-take areas? (3) Will the minister explain where parliamentary or public debate has resolved that a 28 per cent no-take area is an appropriate size for the Ningaloo Marine Park? (4) Does the Government believe that all recreational anglers have the same objectives concerning the number of fish they retain; and, if not, how is this to be accommodated in the Ningaloo Marine Park plan? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(2) Is the minister aware that the Ningaloo Marine Park has had the tightest recreational fisheries management constraints in place since 1992 to ensure that the activity does not impact on the park’s existing no-take areas? (3) Will the minister explain where parliamentary or public debate has resolved that a 28 per cent no-take area is an appropriate size for the Ningaloo Marine Park? (4) Does the Government believe that all recreational anglers have the same objectives concerning the number of fish they retain; and, if not, how is this to be accommodated in the Ningaloo Marine Park plan? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(3) Will the minister explain where parliamentary or public debate has resolved that a 28 per cent no-take area is an appropriate size for the Ningaloo Marine Park? (4) Does the Government believe that all recreational anglers have the same objectives concerning the number of fish they retain; and, if not, how is this to be accommodated in the Ningaloo Marine Park plan? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(4) Does the Government believe that all recreational anglers have the same objectives concerning the number of fish they retain; and, if not, how is this to be accommodated in the Ningaloo Marine Park plan? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(2) Is the minister aware that the Ningaloo Marine Park has had the tightest recreational fisheries management constraints in place since 1992 to ensure that the activity does not impact on the park’s existing no-take areas? (3) Will the minister explain where parliamentary or public debate has resolved that a 28 per cent no-take area is an appropriate size for the Ningaloo Marine Park? (4) Does the Government believe that all recreational anglers have the same objectives concerning the number of fish they retain; and, if not, how is this to be accommodated in the Ningaloo Marine Park plan? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(3) Will the minister explain where parliamentary or public debate has resolved that a 28 per cent no-take area is an appropriate size for the Ningaloo Marine Park? (4) Does the Government believe that all recreational anglers have the same objectives concerning the number of fish they retain; and, if not, how is this to be accommodated in the Ningaloo Marine Park plan? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(4) Does the Government believe that all recreational anglers have the same objectives concerning the number of fish they retain; and, if not, how is this to be accommodated in the Ningaloo Marine Park plan? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(1) I am not aware of any research data that demonstrates that recreational fishing activity within the Ningaloo Marine Park is affecting biodiversity. The Ningaloo Marine Park Draft Indicative Management Plan has been prepared by the Marine Parks and Reserves Authority and the Department of Conservation and Land Management. The indicative management plan is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. I encourage all interested persons to make a submission on the draft indicative management plan. (2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(2) Yes. (3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(3) There has been no parliamentary debate and I am unaware of any public debate that has resolved the appropriate size of no-take areas within the Ningaloo Marine Park. As I indicated in my answer to (1), a proposal by the MPRA and CALM to include 28 per cent of the Ningaloo Marine Park within sanctuary zones is currently out for public comment until 29 October 2004. (4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
(4) Although recreational anglers are a diverse group that encompasses a wide range of values, overall, recreational fishing within the existing Ningaloo Marine Park is being managed sustainably.
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