❓ Hon Bruce Donaldson asks about feedback on the 2005-06 rock lobster management package and how it was implemented. Hon Jon Ford acknowledges receiving mixed feedback, with some fishermen believing the measures weren't strict enough, particularly regarding moon closures, and states the plan will be introduced as regulation changes.
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(1) Has the minister received any adverse feedback from professional rock lobster fishermen on the rock lobster management package for the 2005-06 season? (2) Has the management package been put in place by way of a notice, an order, regulations or ministerial decree? Hon JON FORD
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(1) Yes, I have received some feedback. A number of people have written to me, but not too many. Some have responded well to it and others think, strangely enough, that I was not hard enough. That seems to be the main comment, particularly about the moon closures. Some believe that it provides open season to octopuses and that all we will end up with is a lot of well-fed octopuses. However, that depends on the zone. (2) I have signed off on the management plan, which I believe will be introduced to the Parliament in the form of regulation changes.
(2) Has the management package been put in place by way of a notice, an order, regulations or ministerial decree? Hon JON FORD replied: (1) Yes, I have received some feedback. A number of people have written to me, but not too many. Some have responded well to it and others think, strangely enough, that I was not hard enough. That seems to be the main comment, particularly about the moon closures. Some believe that it provides open season to octopuses and that all we will end up with is a lot of well-fed octopuses. However, that depends on the zone. (2) I have signed off on the management plan, which I believe will be introduced to the Parliament in the form of regulation changes.
Hon JON FORD replied: (1) Yes, I have received some feedback. A number of people have written to me, but not too many. Some have responded well to it and others think, strangely enough, that I was not hard enough. That seems to be the main comment, particularly about the moon closures. Some believe that it provides open season to octopuses and that all we will end up with is a lot of well-fed octopuses. However, that depends on the zone. (2) I have signed off on the management plan, which I believe will be introduced to the Parliament in the form of regulation changes.
(1) Yes, I have received some feedback. A number of people have written to me, but not too many. Some have responded well to it and others think, strangely enough, that I was not hard enough. That seems to be the main comment, particularly about the moon closures. Some believe that it provides open season to octopuses and that all we will end up with is a lot of well-fed octopuses. However, that depends on the zone. (2) I have signed off on the management plan, which I believe will be introduced to the Parliament in the form of regulation changes.
(2) I have signed off on the management plan, which I believe will be introduced to the Parliament in the form of regulation changes.
(2) Has the management package been put in place by way of a notice, an order, regulations or ministerial decree? Hon JON FORD replied: (1) Yes, I have received some feedback. A number of people have written to me, but not too many. Some have responded well to it and others think, strangely enough, that I was not hard enough. That seems to be the main comment, particularly about the moon closures. Some believe that it provides open season to octopuses and that all we will end up with is a lot of well-fed octopuses. However, that depends on the zone. (2) I have signed off on the management plan, which I believe will be introduced to the Parliament in the form of regulation changes.
Hon JON FORD replied: (1) Yes, I have received some feedback. A number of people have written to me, but not too many. Some have responded well to it and others think, strangely enough, that I was not hard enough. That seems to be the main comment, particularly about the moon closures. Some believe that it provides open season to octopuses and that all we will end up with is a lot of well-fed octopuses. However, that depends on the zone. (2) I have signed off on the management plan, which I believe will be introduced to the Parliament in the form of regulation changes.
(1) Yes, I have received some feedback. A number of people have written to me, but not too many. Some have responded well to it and others think, strangely enough, that I was not hard enough. That seems to be the main comment, particularly about the moon closures. Some believe that it provides open season to octopuses and that all we will end up with is a lot of well-fed octopuses. However, that depends on the zone. (2) I have signed off on the management plan, which I believe will be introduced to the Parliament in the form of regulation changes.
(2) I have signed off on the management plan, which I believe will be introduced to the Parliament in the form of regulation changes.
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