Sustainable in whose calculations? I think our fisheries managers have
proven themselves comprehensively unable to sustainably manage any fishery
anywhere.
Regards,
Chris
Regarding your other comments about the collection of shark liver
> contributing to potential impacts on already over fished top line predators,
> it should be noted that shark fishing in Australia is part of a sustainable
> managed fishery Sharks are not caught here for harvesting of livers.
> Livers are normally discarded at sea as offal during the gutting process.
> Shark livers retained for pelagic birding operators are separated out by the
> fishing operators more often as a favour in exchange for a contribution of
> some pocket money for the crew who collect it. In Australia the keeping of
> shark livers for pelagic birding does not provide any additional incentive
> or reason for fishing.
>
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