❓ A WA parliamentary question on notice addresses concerns about the environmental impact of granting octopus fishing permits, particularly regarding the lack of data and potential ecosystem disruption. The Minister's response outlines the data-gathering purpose of the permits and assures environmental considerations.
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I refer to an article in The West Australian on Monday, 25 June 2001 that discusses the granting of seven permits to fish for octopus between Carnarvon and Esperance, and includes the statement - But nothing was known about the resource apart from Japanese research 20 years ago . . . (1) What is the role of octopus in the marine ecosystem? (2) What will be the estimated annual catch of octopus as a result of the these additional permits being granted? (3) What is the impact on the marine ecosystem of removing this amount of octopus? (4) Does the minister agree that an environmental impact study should be carried out to assess the likely impact of a massive increase in the number of octopus taken? (5) If no, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE
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I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(2) What will be the estimated annual catch of octopus as a result of the these additional permits being granted? (3) What is the impact on the marine ecosystem of removing this amount of octopus? (4) Does the minister agree that an environmental impact study should be carried out to assess the likely impact of a massive increase in the number of octopus taken? (5) If no, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(3) What is the impact on the marine ecosystem of removing this amount of octopus? (4) Does the minister agree that an environmental impact study should be carried out to assess the likely impact of a massive increase in the number of octopus taken? (5) If no, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(4) Does the minister agree that an environmental impact study should be carried out to assess the likely impact of a massive increase in the number of octopus taken? (5) If no, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(5) If no, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(2) What will be the estimated annual catch of octopus as a result of the these additional permits being granted? (3) What is the impact on the marine ecosystem of removing this amount of octopus? (4) Does the minister agree that an environmental impact study should be carried out to assess the likely impact of a massive increase in the number of octopus taken? (5) If no, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(3) What is the impact on the marine ecosystem of removing this amount of octopus? (4) Does the minister agree that an environmental impact study should be carried out to assess the likely impact of a massive increase in the number of octopus taken? (5) If no, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(4) Does the minister agree that an environmental impact study should be carried out to assess the likely impact of a massive increase in the number of octopus taken? (5) If no, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(5) If no, why not? Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
Hon KIM CHANCE replied: I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
I thank the member for some notice of this question. (1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(1) Octopus is both a predator as well as a prey species in the marine ecosystem. (2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(2) The estimated annual catch that will arise from the permits is unknown as the permits are issued for development of the fishery. The intention is to use the catch arising from the fishery as a sampling tool to provide data from which to estimate the sustainable annual catch. (3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(3) The primary impact will be a shift in energy flows in the ecosystem as the abundance of octopus changes with increased fishing pressure. (4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
(4)-(5) The environmental impact of taking octopus will be considered in the normal processes of considering the environmental sustainability issues of a fishery.
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