These items were posted on another discussion but I feel they are so important that they should have a discussion dedicated separately.

It seems that our Queensland State Minister for the Environment is suring up votes for her Labor Party by getting the Greens in South East Qld. on side.

Again our northern so called pristine areas are targetted.

The announcement of a Queensland State Election is imminent and here we see, as is usual, our Labor politicians pushing the environment barrow to get the Greens on side.  It happens every election and for the past week in particular our newspapers have been copping the environment headlining.

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2012/01/23/201901_local-news.html

Valerie Taylor joins battle for the Coral Sea

UNDERWATER legend Valerie Taylor has backed full protection for the Coral Sea and has narrated a short film showcasing its beauty to the world.

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Cape York World Heritage plan draws fire

FAR North Queenslanders have been invited to have their say on what areas of Cape York Peninsula should be granted a potential World Heritage listing nomination - prompting outrage from the region's indigenous community.

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Beverley Prescott said:

Here's another - Valerie Taylor working with the American mob PEW who want to lock up all our waters surrounding Australia.

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2012/01/23/201901_local-news.html

Call for tighter Great Barrier Reef fishing controls

WILDLIFE and conservation groups have called for tighter controls of fishing on the Great Barrier Reef as numbers of several species begin to dwindle.

Regarding this item, typically once a little is given (or taken), it just keeps going until again everything is under full restriction. 

I get so angry as our once great local fishing industry has been reduced to almost nil again.  We used to have the best fish in the world - and we still do have fresh fish outlets at this stage - but every year it is getting less and less.

I only have a certain couple of takeaways where I will buy the odd piece of takeaway fish and chips - others are using "mixed reef" fillets and I won't buy having been caught a couple of times with terrible pieces.

I fear future generations will be eating anything and everything and will probably  have more problems with health than ever known before.

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Permalink Reply by Dale Stiller 23 hours ago

This "American mob",The Pew Trust are a nature conservation trust based in the US and funded from the remnants of an old US oil company. They administer a massive fund of money of which they hand out to those who will help create their idealitic wilderness areas. They are a source of funds for all the major environmental NGO's. Because of PEW holding the money strings these NGO's have become more extreme in their outlook, pro wilderness, anti-human.

Pew aren't just any mob, they are The Mob. A read of their material is the stuff of nightmares.
 

Beverley Prescott said:

Here's another - Valerie Taylor working with the American mob PEW who want to lock up all our waters surrounding Australia.

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2012/01/23/201901_local-news.html

UNDERWATER legend Valerie Taylor has backed full protection for the Coral Sea and has narrated a short film showcasing its beauty to the world.

The LNP has been on radio and are livid about these items.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Rankin Crook 22 hours ago

Looks to me like the fishing industry is in good 'shape' in Queensland.

Beverley Prescott said:

Here's another I just found on Page 2 - missed it earlier!!

Call for tighter Great Barrier Reef fishing controls

WILDLIFE and conservation groups have called for tighter controls of fishing on the Great Barrier Reef as numbers of several species begin to dwindle.

Regarding this item, typically once a little is given (or taken), it just keeps going until again everything is under full restriction. 

I get so angry as our once great local fishing industry has been reduced to almost nil again.  We used to have the best fish in the world - and we still do have fresh fish outlets at this stage - but every year it is getting less and less.

I only have a certain couple of takeaways where I will buy the odd piece of takeaway fish and chips - others are using "mixed reef" fillets and I won't buy having been caught a couple of times with terrible pieces.

I fear future generations will be eating anything and everything and will probably  have more problems with health than ever known before.

Reply by Joanne Rea 22 hours ago

Dr. Walter Stark has lived and worked on the Reef, written about it and video taped it for most of his working life.

He says the Reef is in great shape but I think he was looking from a different perspective to Roger.

http://www.goldendolphin.com/

Fertiliser runoff – Nutrient concentrations in GBR catchment rivers is highest toward the end of the dry season when discharge into the GBR lagoon is almost nil. At this time the nutrient levels are still within recommended limits. Most of the discharge from these rivers occurs in brief flood events in the wet season. At this time nutrient concentrations in the rivers are greatly diluted and this dilution is quickly increased thousands of times over after discharge into the sea. Over the past two decades fertaliser usage in the GBR catchment has declined with steeply rising costs and more efficient usage. Nutrient runoff from farming and grazing is a non-problen which is getting smaller and no evidence has ever been found for detrimental effects on the GBR. In recent years natural nutrient surges associated with internal waves have been discovered to be common events on various reefs including the GBR. These bring cold nutrient rich deep ocean water up onto reefs with increases in nutrient concentrations up to 100 times greater than anything coming from the coast. As these are natural events they have been assumed to be beneficial to the reefs. No one has explained why ten to one hundred times lesser nutrient fluxes from land are assumed to be

He says that claims the reef is overfished are nonsense with the green warriors needing a cause more than the reef needs protection from overfishing.

He debunks most of the claims made about increased sediment from agriculture and agricultural chemicals.

We also need to be aware that the PEW foundation was involved in the Wild Rivers Declarations for the Lake Eyre Basin which will keep farming and farm practices in a time warp.

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Permalink Reply by Roger Rankin Crook 21 hours ago

What a great link, Joanne.

Everyone should read http://www.goldendolphin.com/

Will keep me reading for a while.

Might surprise a few on this site. At the very least add to the experts debate on the GBR and associated 'discussions'.

R

Permalink Reply by Michael Petterson 17 hours ago

Would you be able to point me to the radio broadcast where the LNP where livid about this?

Beverley Prescott said:

Here's another - Valerie Taylor working with the American mob PEW who want to lock up all our waters surrounding Australia.

http://www.cairns.com.au/article/2012/01/23/201901_local-news.html

UNDERWATER legend Valerie Taylor has backed full protection for the Coral Sea and has narrated a short film showcasing its beauty to the world.

The LNP has been on radio and are livid about these items.