❓ A parliamentary question regarding the preservation of demersal fish species and the government's management plan, specifically targeting fishing effort reduction. The Minister claims to not have received the question and provides a general response, deferring a detailed answer.
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PRESERVATION OF DEMERSAL SPECIES 111. Hon JON FORD to the Minister for Fisheries: I refer to the minister’s recently announced management package for the preservation of demersal species within the west coast bioregion. (1) Is the 50 per cent reduction of total fishing effort for sectors, as recommended by the Department of Fisheries, the agreed target set by the minister’s government for the west coast bioregion? (2) If no to (1), why not? (3) If yes to (1), what percentage reduction in recreational fishing effort will be achieved by the minister’s recently announced management package between October 2008 and the end of March 2009? (4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE
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Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
PRESERVATION OF DEMERSAL SPECIES
I refer to the minister’s recently announced management package for the preservation of demersal species within the west coast bioregion. (1) Is the 50 per cent reduction of total fishing effort for sectors, as recommended by the Department of Fisheries, the agreed target set by the minister’s government for the west coast bioregion? (2) If no to (1), why not? (3) If yes to (1), what percentage reduction in recreational fishing effort will be achieved by the minister’s recently announced management package between October 2008 and the end of March 2009? (4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(1) Is the 50 per cent reduction of total fishing effort for sectors, as recommended by the Department of Fisheries, the agreed target set by the minister’s government for the west coast bioregion? (2) If no to (1), why not? (3) If yes to (1), what percentage reduction in recreational fishing effort will be achieved by the minister’s recently announced management package between October 2008 and the end of March 2009? (4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(2) If no to (1), why not? (3) If yes to (1), what percentage reduction in recreational fishing effort will be achieved by the minister’s recently announced management package between October 2008 and the end of March 2009? (4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(3) If yes to (1), what percentage reduction in recreational fishing effort will be achieved by the minister’s recently announced management package between October 2008 and the end of March 2009? (4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
PRESERVATION OF DEMERSAL SPECIES
I refer to the minister’s recently announced management package for the preservation of demersal species within the west coast bioregion. (1) Is the 50 per cent reduction of total fishing effort for sectors, as recommended by the Department of Fisheries, the agreed target set by the minister’s government for the west coast bioregion? (2) If no to (1), why not? (3) If yes to (1), what percentage reduction in recreational fishing effort will be achieved by the minister’s recently announced management package between October 2008 and the end of March 2009? (4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(1) Is the 50 per cent reduction of total fishing effort for sectors, as recommended by the Department of Fisheries, the agreed target set by the minister’s government for the west coast bioregion? (2) If no to (1), why not? (3) If yes to (1), what percentage reduction in recreational fishing effort will be achieved by the minister’s recently announced management package between October 2008 and the end of March 2009? (4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(2) If no to (1), why not? (3) If yes to (1), what percentage reduction in recreational fishing effort will be achieved by the minister’s recently announced management package between October 2008 and the end of March 2009? (4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(3) If yes to (1), what percentage reduction in recreational fishing effort will be achieved by the minister’s recently announced management package between October 2008 and the end of March 2009? (4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(4) What does this percentage equate to in tonnes or kilograms? Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
Hon NORMAN MOORE replied: Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
Did the member say that he gave me notice of that question? Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
Hon Jon Ford : Yes. Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
Hon NORMAN MOORE : I do not have a copy of it. (1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
(1)-(4) With the amount of detail that is in that question, I could hardly give an answer off the top of my head. However, we are seeking to achieve roughly the same outcome that the member sought to achieve when he was the minister. We have made a slight variation to one part of the management plan, and that is to not have the ban on the catching of the five vulnerable demersal species, for reasons that I have outlined in this place several times. However, as I said, we will be conducting a review of the science and further community consultation between now and April-May next year with a view to deciding what will be the management regime from then onwards. However, if the member asks me the question again on Tuesday on notice, I will be able to give him all the details of the matters about which he has asked.
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