BFCA issue warning about voting Green
THE Boating and Fishing Council of Australia has warned a vote for any political party preferencing the Greens is a vote for further lockouts in marine areas.
The Boating and Fishing Council of Australia (BFCA) warned all recreational fishers and boaters around the country that it was increasingly looking like a vote for any candidate preferencing Greens at any federal or state election, was a vote for large scale marine lockouts as fringe environmental groups declare war on recreational anglers and boaters nation wide.
“The current situation is dire and arguably the worst the recreational fishing and boating sector has faced in recent memory," said BFCA national spokesperson Dean Logan.
“The last 3 years have seen the recreational fishing and boating sector under unprecedented attack from cashed up fringe international based environmental groups," said Logan.
“On top of this we now see the Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA) advocating the implementation of 20 additional no-take marine parks around the Victorian coastline on the back of a ‘desk top study’.
“The study is not only a Green attack on rec-fishing, it’s embarrassingly flawed as the numbers don’t add up.
“For instance if you take into account the current numbers of boat registrations, statistics on usage and marry these with the volumes of fish VNPA claim Victorian recreational fishers take, the boats simply wouldn’t return to shore as they would sink under the sheer weight of fish caught.
“It is increasingly clear that recreational fishers and boaters in Australia must be very careful who they vote for at any federal or state election. Those that do preference deals with the Greens must be weeded out and exposed for their anti recreational fishing and boating stance,” concluded Logan.
The Boating and Fishing Council of Australia is a national representative alliance for the marine, recreational fishing, trade and tackle, outboard and boating sectors and was established to address a continual disregard toward boating and its recreational fishing interests.
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Might I suggest that the BIA, BFCA, the boating media, the fishing media and anyone else with concerns over the back room deals done by Labor and the Greens, use their ability to reach the fishing and boating communities with some clear guidelines as to how the voter can use the preferential system correctly. Should there be some in our community still masochistically inclined to support the Labor party through some idealogically blind loyalty, but smart enough to want to deny the greens a preference, they CAN DO IT using the ballot papers correctly. I believe that the vast majority of voters are unaware of this ability because it is rarely alluded to and never explained in detail by the major parties or the AEC. You people have the wherewithal to address this shortcoming, even if only through websites and newsletters at this late stage. What about it??? Every vote you can sway in the right direction is one denied to the bad guys!
Keith Falk on 21-Jul-10 09:48 AM
Who are the cashed-up fringe international based environmental groups you are referring to? "Cashed-up" and environmental advocacy don't go together. BTW, good luck getting rec fishers to save themselves from anything ! I am a fisher myself and can't see us doing anything other than whine about how good things were before marine parks were gazetted !
Seeking Clarification on 20-Jul-10 09:21 PM
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