/120#131 date=1294062829]Hmmm? Walter Starck - sounds like a 'theorist' scientist
What are his 'practical' proofs?
A lot of scientific papers consists of reviews of other scientists original work and good things come out of such reviews - it's not really a valid criticism. Quote:Are you saying Prof Kearney didn't really get the Order of Australia or Prof Ray Hilborn doesn't really work for Washington University?
I don't doubt this, but I remember "SeaSports" in Jervis Bay reigned as "Australia's Number One Dive Shop" for years ...only because it paid for it to be so.
Anyway, I think I have run out of constructive input this far.
I stand by 'the official gossip' on the water out there.
I personally can't see something 'that big' being zoned off, but I do know from situations like this where 'word of mouth' preludes the official end product, that there will be large sections of the NSW Coastline Zoned off as
No Take soon.
This is all in good, especially if these No Take Zones are placed in accordance with the Aquatic areas that really matter and yeild a substantial increase without need for further intervention.
Wonder if the Scientists are out there Scuba Diving to actually see?
Don't you know that waters up to 3nm are under state control and past 3nm are commonwealth? How likely is it such a plan would be considered under two different jurastictions, and considering the stae government is facing the voters soon and is likely to lose. All in all, I still shake my head at the amount of Recreational Fisherman Fishing in restricted areas ...even in full sight of us Diving.
This is why I think, unlike in New Zealand, Australia is yet to discover the real impact of Recreational Fishers supplying Restaurants, etc. In NZ, the practice is rife. Enforcement in NSW needs to be upped.
Perhaps they would have without the distraction and expense of uneccessary marine parks. Indeed no money seems to be spared on marine parks boats, rangers, managers officers.