❓ Demersal fishing ban 30. Mrs Kirrilee Warr to the Premier: Before the state election, the Premier gave a clear assurance that no mandatory catch requirements would be imposed on recreational fishers,
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Demersal fishing ban
30. Mrs Kirrilee Warr to
the Premier:
Before the state
election, the Premier gave a clear assurance that no mandatory catch
requirements would be imposed on recreational fishers, yet this morning on ABC
radio with Nadia Mitsopoulos, the Minister for Fisheries confirmed that
mandatory catch reporting will in fact be introduced in Western Australia.
(1) Which species will be subject to mandatory
reporting?
(2) When will it commence?
(3) Does the Premier agree with his minister that
this is a backflip on his election commitment to recreational fishers?
30. Mrs Kirrilee Warr to
the Premier:
Before the state
election, the Premier gave a clear assurance that no mandatory catch
requirements would be imposed on recreational fishers, yet this morning on ABC
radio with Nadia Mitsopoulos, the Minister for Fisheries confirmed that
mandatory catch reporting will in fact be introduced in Western Australia.
(1) Which species will be subject to mandatory
reporting?
(2) When will it commence?
(3) Does the Premier agree with his minister that
this is a backflip on his election commitment to recreational fishers?
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(1)–(3) A lot has changed. The fact of the
matter is that we need to protect this very important fishery for the future of
Western Australian fishers. That is why we continue to make sure that we work
with all—
The Speaker: Members of the opposition, the Premier
has not even started.
Mr Roger Cook: That is why we continue to work with
all sectors of the fishing industry and the fishing community to make sure we
get the balance right. I think it has been conceded by the recreational fishing
community that they have a role to play in maintaining the monitoring and
oversight of their impact on the overall fishing sector. I have spoken to it
directly myself, and it considers that important.
Yesterday, the
minister made an important announcement about the establishment of the fisheries
advisory committee, a group of people who will be there to continue to advise
the minister about how we can continue to work together—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, please do
not interject. The Premier is responding to a question from your party.
Mr Roger Cook: —with all sectors of the
fishing community to make sure that we move together to do this big community
effort to save the fisheries.
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Members.
Mr Roger Cook: Yesterday, the members opposite were
excited on behalf of the commercial fishing sector. Today, they are getting up
and talking about—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, I am
calling you for the first time.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Bassendean! Member for Central
Wheatbelt! Members!
Ms Rita Saffioti interjected.
The Speaker: Treasurer! Member for Central Wheatbelt,
I have called you for the first time. Please do not engage in private debate
across the chamber with the Treasurer whilst the Premier is responding to a question.
Mr Roger Cook: It is important that we as an entire
community work together to make sure that we save this very precious fish
stock, which is important to not only our economy but our community and our
sense of identity.
Mr Adam Hort interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Kalamunda! Please do not
interject.
Mr Roger Cook: We are
working with the recreational fishing community to make sure that they can
continue to play a role in relation to this as well. We know that those
opposite do not believe in science. They did not believe in the climate science
and now they do not believe in the fishing science because it is not convenient
for them to do so.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members on the opposition benches! Member
for Mid-West, please stop interjecting. Member for Geraldton, if you keep interjecting,
you will not get your supplementary.
Mr Roger Cook: They are not only climate deniers, but
fish deniers. We know they are out there every day undermining the science that
underpins these important policies. I want to remind members that this is the
same science that underpins the Marine Stewardship Council certification of our
western rock lobster fishery, which is Australia's most valuable fishery, worth
around $400 million to $500 million in the economy, and is recognised
internationally.
Mrs Kirrilee Warr interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Geraldton, I am going to call
you for the first time. Member for Geraldton, I am going to call you for the
second time, and don't bother asking for your supplementary.
Mr Roger Cook: We know it is important that we back
the science because in relation to our state's experience of the rock lobster
fishery, if we back the science, we have sustained fisheries into the future
that support our community and our economy.
Mr Shane Love interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Mid-West, I am calling you for
the first time.
Mr Roger Cook: We will stand up for the environment,
we will stand up for a sustained fishery and we will stand up for our charter
operators to make sure that we can do this into the future so that our kids can
do it and that our grandkids can do it. If the other side wants to continue to
be populist, if it wants to go out there to try to make itself popular, the
government is out there garnering respect, respect for making the tough
decisions.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition!
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr Roger Cook: These are tough decisions but,
mercifully, we have a government that is able to make the tough decisions.
Mr Shane Love interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Mid-West, I need to correct
myself. I called you for the second time just a second ago, not the first time,
so you are on two calls.
Mr Roger Cook: These are tough decisions. They are not
fun decisions and they are hard decisions, but they are decisions made on
behalf of the community—on behalf of our children and on behalf of our
grandchildren, and that is something we should all agree on.
matter is that we need to protect this very important fishery for the future of
Western Australian fishers. That is why we continue to make sure that we work
with all—
The Speaker: Members of the opposition, the Premier
has not even started.
Mr Roger Cook: That is why we continue to work with
all sectors of the fishing industry and the fishing community to make sure we
get the balance right. I think it has been conceded by the recreational fishing
community that they have a role to play in maintaining the monitoring and
oversight of their impact on the overall fishing sector. I have spoken to it
directly myself, and it considers that important.
Yesterday, the
minister made an important announcement about the establishment of the fisheries
advisory committee, a group of people who will be there to continue to advise
the minister about how we can continue to work together—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, please do
not interject. The Premier is responding to a question from your party.
Mr Roger Cook: —with all sectors of the
fishing community to make sure that we move together to do this big community
effort to save the fisheries.
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Members.
Mr Roger Cook: Yesterday, the members opposite were
excited on behalf of the commercial fishing sector. Today, they are getting up
and talking about—
Mr Lachlan Hunter interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Central Wheatbelt, I am
calling you for the first time.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Bassendean! Member for Central
Wheatbelt! Members!
Ms Rita Saffioti interjected.
The Speaker: Treasurer! Member for Central Wheatbelt,
I have called you for the first time. Please do not engage in private debate
across the chamber with the Treasurer whilst the Premier is responding to a question.
Mr Roger Cook: It is important that we as an entire
community work together to make sure that we save this very precious fish
stock, which is important to not only our economy but our community and our
sense of identity.
Mr Adam Hort interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Kalamunda! Please do not
interject.
Mr Roger Cook: We are
working with the recreational fishing community to make sure that they can
continue to play a role in relation to this as well. We know that those
opposite do not believe in science. They did not believe in the climate science
and now they do not believe in the fishing science because it is not convenient
for them to do so.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members on the opposition benches! Member
for Mid-West, please stop interjecting. Member for Geraldton, if you keep interjecting,
you will not get your supplementary.
Mr Roger Cook: They are not only climate deniers, but
fish deniers. We know they are out there every day undermining the science that
underpins these important policies. I want to remind members that this is the
same science that underpins the Marine Stewardship Council certification of our
western rock lobster fishery, which is Australia's most valuable fishery, worth
around $400 million to $500 million in the economy, and is recognised
internationally.
Mrs Kirrilee Warr interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Geraldton, I am going to call
you for the first time. Member for Geraldton, I am going to call you for the
second time, and don't bother asking for your supplementary.
Mr Roger Cook: We know it is important that we back
the science because in relation to our state's experience of the rock lobster
fishery, if we back the science, we have sustained fisheries into the future
that support our community and our economy.
Mr Shane Love interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Mid-West, I am calling you for
the first time.
Mr Roger Cook: We will stand up for the environment,
we will stand up for a sustained fishery and we will stand up for our charter
operators to make sure that we can do this into the future so that our kids can
do it and that our grandkids can do it. If the other side wants to continue to
be populist, if it wants to go out there to try to make itself popular, the
government is out there garnering respect, respect for making the tough
decisions.
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members of the opposition!
Several members
interjected.
The Speaker: Members!
Mr Roger Cook: These are tough decisions but,
mercifully, we have a government that is able to make the tough decisions.
Mr Shane Love interjected.
The Speaker: Member for Mid-West, I need to correct
myself. I called you for the second time just a second ago, not the first time,
so you are on two calls.
Mr Roger Cook: These are tough decisions. They are not
fun decisions and they are hard decisions, but they are decisions made on
behalf of the community—on behalf of our children and on behalf of our
grandchildren, and that is something we should all agree on.
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