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NZ Aquaculture - an environmental disgrace

Harvesters must be made to degunge the floats on deck and the waste should be discarded properly not dumped over the side

Aquaculture in NZ is a disgrace when compared to other countries. Other countries have environmental protection agency’s (EPA’s) that set the standards of environmental protection of the natural assets. The people who are responsible for the inspections and compliance of

our aquaculture industry (Regional Councils) have all been brain washed into thinking they are responsible for the economy of the region rather than the ecology of the region. As soon as any person applies financial policies to the natural ecology of an area, that area will collapse in

short order leaving a mess behind? In short the Councils and MPI are letting the Mussel farmers, Salmon Farms and Oyster Farms destroy the natural environment just because they create employment. The RMA is supposed to be the environmental watch dog that Councils

must enforce and Aquaculture must work under its legal guide lines. However those that do the audits are either blind or need a major shake-up. At this stage the Councils appear to be choosing what to enforce and what not to. Most of these councils get their money from rate paying individuals who expect community services and maintenance of public common areas. But Council staff spend rate payer’s money running round providing for the needs of the wealthy Aquaculture farmers and even paying for glossy pamphlets for the PR machine of Aquaculture trying to convince the public they are doing a good job. MPI are no better when the Salmon farmers lost a court case because they failed to meet there RMA requirements to move some contaminated Salmon farms, MPI went about trying to and yet may have succeeded changing the RMA to suit the Salmon farmers dirty habits. The fact is that apart from the land based aquaculture that is some Paua, Mussel spat and Salmon hatchery there are no Aquaculture farms in NZ that would come close to meeting international environmental standards. This is because the aquaculture farms that meet the EPA’s standard are all either land based, movable or cleanable. The Salmon farmers choose not to move or clean under their farms. The Mussel farmers choose not to move, clean or pick up their plastic

Commercial Fishing’s - CODE OF CONDUCT We do not condone illegal behaviour. We will always aim to do the right thing. The law surrounding fishing

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Managing our fisheries

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The Missing Factor in Trout Fishing

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Abuse of power by government

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Current issues facing firearm owners

Page 12 - Forest and Bird the hidden enemy Page 14 - Deluded Industry Leaders exposed Page 19 - 1001 Salmon Theories

is both technical and complex and, at times, some people may make mistakes. When the law is breached, we will accept the consequences and make changes where needed. We will work with Government and other interested parties to develop and implement principled and practical policies to ensure the use of fisheries resources is sustainable. If we don’t fish sustainably our industry has no future; it’s the cornerstone of our business. We must ensure the economic gains we derive do not come at the cost of long-term sustainability. Working constructively with Government is vital to strike the best balance between current resource use and future opportunities for all New Zealanders. Striking this balance requires application of sound principles to develop evidence-based policy that uses robust information. We will continue to actively minimise our impacts on the marine environment and encourage others to act similarly. It is important to us we look after our marine environment. All New Zealanders derive benefits from our natural resources today, but we are also

guardians for future generations. This responsibility requires that we take care when we harvest; that we are conscious of our impacts, and that we work hard to reduce them. All food production has an impact on the environment, but we will strive to get ours as close to zero impact as we can. We will continue to invest in science and innovation to enhance fisheries’ resources and add value. Our fisheries are a treasured resource and, like all other countries, New Zealand uses these natural resources for food, recreation and commerce. We commit to harvest the commercial component of these resources responsibly. We commit to investments that add value to the resources we harvest to deliver optimum value to New Zealand. We look after our people and treat them fairly. We value our people. Whether they are working on land or on vessels at sea, we will work hard to keep them safe and to create an environment that fosters their passion for the seafood industry. We will be accountable for delivering on Our Promise and will

support increased transparency. We will report annually on the progress we are making. We understand that much of what we do is over the horizon and out of sight, and we welcome the public becoming better acquainted with how we operate. Increased transparency is part of building that understanding and trust, but it must be affordable, practical and respect the privacy and dignity of our people. We give our word OUR PROMISE - IN PRACTICE OUR PROMISE This is our promise to every New Zealander. A promise about one of our most valued and treasured resources. We are the men and women of the New Zealand Seafood Industry and we want you to be proud of each and every one of us. We promise to be guardians of our oceans and to continue finding new ways to lead the world with sustainable practices – right now and for decades to come. We may not always get it right, but we’re committed to always exploring ways to do things better. Story continued on page 13...

rubbish from the farms that washed up on the beaches. Sure the mussel farmers are now racing around picking up the larger easier to see mussel floats, but blindly ignore the vast amounts of plastic ties and other small waste that is mixed up with the seaweed along the shoreline. The Coromandel mussel farmers picked up the rubbish on the coast in front of the Kereta area. To guess why the Mussel farmers think that there mussel farm waste would only wash up in one direction to a beach that was convenient for them defies logic, because any half educated person can get a basic understanding of wind or tide and the fact that it goes in more than one direction. But then I guess you can’t expect too much from the mussel farmers because they go out every harvest day and create their own problems by purposely pouring tonnes of harvest wash over the side that only creates bottom fouling. In this day and age when the world is on a search for any form of protein either for stock food to grow food for humans or protein extract to enhance the world number one food that is rice, these clever guys dump protein by the tonne every day. Some is lost overboard while harvesting and hundreds of tons of perfectly good mussels are dumped into land fill on a daily basis. Mussels that could be used as protein

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for other industry. There are a heap of uses rather than dumping them. A recent report said that 80 lines had collapsed and 90 tons of mussels was lost overboard in one event and that 150 bulk bags of tangled lines has been dumped in landfill near Paeroa because of the most recent storm, but how many lines have not been recovered. Sure they will be doing their utmost to recover most but how many will be just too hard to recover. They should not be allowed to put in or replace any lines until the ones lost are fully recovered and the debris cleaned up. The tangled lines come from farms using cheap rope which tangles easily when not serviced and looked after. The attitude of many is that as long as the lines are in the water and as long as they look good – she’ll be right. And there is little to no policing by the Council responsible. Cameras are a must on mussel harvesters. These aquaculture farmers better wake up as you have lost the protection of the National government, Shane Jones is not fishery minister you wanted and you have lost social licence just like Nick Smith told you. Start cleaning up your act or lose resource consents as well. The public will only stand so much before they ask for their public water space back.

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Well known 13 year old junior angler Mason Savekouls catching his first marlin this morning with dad Mark Savekouls on their boat M&M. How’s that for a father and son moment! This fish was caught on a Tiagra 80w off the back of the Manukau bar in 120 m of water.-->

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<--Nadgee Fishing Charters summer charters - Tarsh Howart, Grayson Howart, Jess Howart, Jimmy Ewing and mates along with Mum and Dad slayed the Kingis for breakfast, lunch and tea with loads of snapper for the Katikati family and friends as well. An awesome bunch out on the Nadgee.

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1st and 2nd Mike Christensen and his beautiful tag and release striped marlin 3rd Neville Thornton and our 1st weighed marlin of the season 4th Big fish-o John Bellamy and his nice YFT!

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Managing our fisheries So why is it so difficult to manage our fish stocks and industry? Quite simply, fisheries management don’t seem able to learn from the many previous mistakes they have made, and keep making the same mistakes time and again, or even understanding the consequences of their actions. Due to basing conservation measures on an academic theory over nature, experience and fact. As an example, we learnt in the 70’s never to put landing bans in place, due to the knock on effects directly causing far more serious problems than those trying to be resolved, yet management and science seem completely oblivious to this. The problem is very simple; the least experienced people have more influence over conservation issues than the experienced people, due to academic qualifications being incorrectly considered a higher qualification on the subject than practical experience. This has been proven over many decades to be the single biggest floor in the system, as what may seem logical in academic or scientific theory, does not work in practice. This is a very serious problem, as no matter how high an individual’s academic qualifications on this subject may be, without also having the more important practical experience they cannot be considered fully qualified on the subject, as this would guarantee a complete change of academic opinion. So how does the present system based entirely on academic and scientific theory work? I would suggest fisheries management like the quota system not because it’s a suitable conservation measure for mixed fisheries, but because it’s an accounting exercise which civil servants can understand.

Branding the conservation issues as sustainable practices is extremely wrong. Our current fishing practices have and never will be sustainable until the fisheries managers address the current fishing practices and methods. Science supplies some estimated numbers and management share those numbers out; it’s a very simple system that does not require any understanding of the fishing industry or conservation. The problem is, conservation cannot be based on estimated numbers, but only by gaining a great deal of practical hands on experience, understanding the subject and learning what does and does not work for nature. Successful conservationists have to be very open minded people; if one conservation method does not work others are tried until a suitable method is found that does work, they don’t continue using one method that doesn’t work just because it’s an easy system for inexperienced staff to understand. Every time commercial fishers put down their net they have little to know control over what species they catch and the amount. It is virtually impossible. The only way to measure this is with the introduction of camera monitoring, there is no other way. What does the industry get, fishermen are told to stop catching species, which cannot be avoided under any circumstances, in any areas, using the latest minimum discard nets, or be forced to tie up and go out of business. So it would seem fisheries management not only have difficulty addressing conservation problems in a suitable way, but also have difficulty even identifying what the problem is. No matter how many times man-

agement are told, it’s like the industry speaks a different language management can’t seem to comprehend. Fisheries Management are also well known for failing to address conservation issues soon enough which allows problems to escalate, then we see an overreaction to the problem, such as imposing very low quotas or bans which directly causing high level discarding, displaced boats and serious knock on effects to other boats quota uptake, fishing grounds, stocks, and markets. All of these issues could be addressed in a reasonable way quickly and effectively by just a small number of experienced people, if we had a more suitable management system in place. We should remember history has proven virtually all the problems our fish stocks have faced over the last 40 years has been directly caused by fisheries management policies, supposedly based on the best science available but instead driven by their financial goals so this has always been a very serious floor in senior management attitudes. The fishing industry always blame recreational fishing when a fishing stock gets depleted and fisheries management fail to address to issue by stopping or reducing commercial fishing for a set period. They have the power to but the Fishing Industry have too much say in Fisheries Management policy. Is it not time for us to take a totally different approach to managing our fish stocks, so we can work to one simple, workable system that does actually protect our stocks, is not based on scientific estimates but fact, which does not directly cause discards and can be understood by all? How the present system works. • Identifying the problem: this takes far too long due to this being a very bureaucratic process over too many years of surveys.

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• Finding a solution to the problem: Again this takes far too long and can often result in an unsuitable reaction, as often based on political or scientific theory and inaccurate managerial reports, resulting in unnecessary bans or very low quotas, which directly cause high level discarding with lots of negative knock on effects for the industry and other stocks. The science theory thinks this is the quickest way to get a stock back to Maximum Sustainable Yield (MSY) but, there’s so much more to it than that and if management had practical experience they would understand, why this causes far more harm in the long term than does good in so many ways, such as destroying entire markets which take decades to establish so when the bans are lifted, we can’t sell the fish and the huge amount of extra pressure put on other fishing grounds, quotas and stocks as a direct result. • Implementing the solution: To be clear, if the solution is not considered suitable or workable by the industry, history has

proven many times over, it will be a failure. In other words if it is based on political or science theory or both it cannot succeed. But, if based on factual evidence supplied by the industry, as every effective conservation method in place today has been, it has a good chance of success. So how can NZ create a system that management can manage effectively, is workable, not bureaucratic and does protect stocks without directly causing discards and waste? We have two options Quotas or Days at Sea, so which one would suit conservation the best. If under a quota system, based on current estimated scientific stock assessment methodology, a minimum criterion is required if the system is to work effectively: • Having the Marine Stewardship Council issue a sustainable rating to industry is wrong. All conservation problems must be dealt with quickly and effectively, by a small unbiased knowledgeable team as part of Fisheries Management in conjunction

with the MSC. This is currently not possible under the present quota management system. • Camera monitoring and AIS must be fitted • Current fishing practices and methods must be changed and updated. Any industry developments should be considered and implemented by industry. • All in hull grinders and cutters must be outlawed and banned from being installed on vessels. • No discards with all fish landed and less fish killed. • Compensation must be paid to all commercial fishers fishing for export on the inshore fishery and made to fish outside 12 nautical miles but not fishing for local trade. • The small experienced management team has total control over all catches in all NZ waters 365 days a year. Conserving our fish stocks over the last 40 years has been a huge failure; this could now be a simple and effective process if management has the foresight to achieve this goal.

A man bought a new Mercedes to celebrate his wife leaving him and was out on the Waikato Expressway for a nice evening drive. The top was down, the breeze was blowing through what was left of his hair and he decided to open her up. As the needle jumped up to 80 mph, he suddenly saw flashing red and blue lights behind him. “There’s no way they can catch a Mercedes,” he thought to himself and opened her up further. The needle hit 90, 100.....Then the reality of the situation hit him. “What am I doing?” he thought and pulled over. The cop came up to him, took his license without a word and examined it and the car. “It’s been a long hard day, this is the end of my shift and it’s Friday the 13th. I don’t feel like more paperwork, I don’t need the frustration or the overtime, so if you can give me a really good excuse for your driving that I haven’t heard before, you can go.” The guy thinks about it for a second and says, “Last week my nagging wife ran off with a cop. I was afraid you were trying to give her back!” “Have a nice weekend,” said the officer.

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What a great summer, for the rivers in this area, we have had the summer flood up to 700 cumecs which has altered a number of pools both good/bad, it also flushed out recovering fish. Rain every other week has kept

the river fresh and bought with it nice summer spawners, see the photograph a beautifully conditioned 5lber, on this occasion was one of four landed several lost, I keep waxing on about fishing fast waters smaller nymphs, stay

away from the easily accessed parts of the river, please yourself where you go, but if you want nice fish change your thinking, oh and yes, Czech nymphing!! using my trusty HANAK Alpin Rod. Our online store is now live visit our web site, exclusive to Creel, SUNRAY flylines incredibly thin you will cast further with less effort, very good in windy conditions, Lively Legz for fly tying giving your flies a more natural look. Join our Creel Club (free) and earn loyalty dollars on all Tackle purchases, Korker Wading shoes with changeable soles, studded or not they are very comfortable $150, if you find yourself crossing rivers a Dry Bag Back Pack ideal for keeping valuables dry. Check out our Czech nymphing, Gifts or Antique Fishing page. Hard to get but were very popular we have one only Kilwell X2 6/7 Reel for sale. Lake “O’ has the usual large number of anglers after the large trout found therein of late with mixed reports, Lake Rotoaira (we sell permits) anglers reporting some very nice and superb eating fish being caught. Brownies appearing in bigger numbers on the Tongariro, last year they were around in November Cicada not quite in full swing but should be this month. Try small Copper John, PT Flashbacks, Tie a few flies with silver or pink beads. Not all fluorocarbon or Nylon are the same we stock Sunline, Double X, Tiemco, Airflo, and Maxima Monofilament. Hanak, Sightfree, Trout Hunter, Rio, Tiemco, Maxima, Sunray, Flurocarbon.

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Didymo Dave WHAT LANGUAGE CAN YOU SPEAK Each summer people are employed from around 1st of December to the end of January to do CHECK CLEAN DRY advocacy around New Zealand. These people deliver collateral to sports stores, information centres, attend fishing competitions, camping grounds etc and educate people on the CHECK CLEAN DRY programme. The advocates are employed by Regional Councils or DoC but are funded by MPI and its MPI who run the annual training day for these people, one in the North Island and one in the South and as the summer advocate for Horizons Regional Council. I attended the North Island training day. Sitting in the back of the room, I had a look around; there were 15 of us summer advocates. Now a couple of us had some experience with the CHECK CLEAN DRY programme but the other 13 were young university students on holiday. Keen but with little CHECK CLEAN DRY experience and we were the group tasked with protecting the whole of the North Island. I thought holy moly; here we go, so any help you can give us would be much appreciated!

So how can you help? Well first of all a group that is causing us advocates problems are tourists to New Zealand who don’t speak English. This group is mainly Spanish speakers from South America or people from Europe who speak French, German, and Polish etc. Now some of them can speak a little English but you should try getting the idea across to them that they need to wash their wading boots in 5% solution of dishwashing liquid before they move to the next river. It’s chaos! Now there was a time, when Waikato won the Ranfurly Shield off Auckland that a group of us stopped to celebrate at the Rangiriri Pub on the way home and as I was leaving I could have spoken fluent Hungarian, Russian no problems. But not any longer. So a couple of us have written out what we need to communicate to these people and have got people who can translate into French, German, Danish, Dutch and Spanish but if any of you know people who can translate into Czech, Serb, Russian or any other language can you give me a call on 027 240 9603 please. Prior to Christmas MPI posted a

facebook post on their page promoting the CHECK CLEAN DRY programme and I was stunned at the responses they got to it. Comment after comment saying that the CHECK CLEAN DRY programme was a waste of time because birds would spread freshwater pests. Now I thought we had got over that question? I thought the examples that we had given of the Rotorua Lakes and how some Lakes had more freshwater pests than others and the same in the Taupo area. Plus the fact that there are still more waterways in the South Island that DO NOT have Didymo than do had demonstrated that birds are NOT transferring freshwater pests. But apparently not, so it’s back to square one. If you meet someone who thinks birds are a problem please let me know and I will help them understand the evidence we have that birds are not transferring freshwater pests. And in order to protect out waterways for the future, please CHECK CLEAN DRY anything that has touched freshwater between waterways. NO EXCEPTIONS!!!

Report just in from a fishing mate: three anglers were watching a large brown trout cruising close to the shore at Waiteti when a big black shag rocketed in and swallowed it whole. I suppose you could say the fish was not caught, it was shagged!

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Insect declines tip of iceberg Clouds of emerging mayflies were once a regular sight on summer evenings and they are a key part of the food chain that supports fish, birds and mammals. Modest levels of pollution found in many rivers are having a devastating impact on mayflies, new research suggests, killing about 80% of all eggs which are vital to all ecosystems. A recent study found that the abundance of flying insects has plunged by 75% in 25 years, prompting warnings that the world is “on course for ecological Armageddon”, with profound impacts on human society. The finding that even pollution well below guidelines can cause serious harm adds to concerns about plummeting insect numbers. Paul Knight, the CEO of the Salmon and Trout Conservation (STC), which is conducted an in-depth three-year survey of English rivers, said: “The results of this groundbreaking new study are irrefutable. We believe this is just the tip of the iceberg. Lose your invertebrates and other species will follow.” The prime suspects for this decline are fine sediment, nitrate and phosphate pollution in rivers, which are washed off farmed fields and also result from untreated sewage. Some research has been done on how the larval and adult stages of mayflies are affected by pollution, but not on their eggs. “The young life stages are the most vulnerable, just as with human babies,” said Nick Everall, at the Aquascience Consultancy and who led the research published in the journal Environmental Pollution.

Experiments in the laboratory found that the fine sediment settles on the eggs and suffocates them, by preventing oxygen transferring into the egg. The sediment can also allow fungus to grow and kill the eggs, while phosphate is known to affect the development of eggs. https://www.salmon-trout.org/ campaigns/riverfly-census/ At levels very close to existing guideline limits - 25mg per litre of fine sediment and 0.07 mg/l of phosphate - the researchers found 80% of the eggs died. Most rivers contain more phosphate than this – only 17% have “good ecological status” under EU rules. High sediment levels are also frequently found, with 40% or rivers having more than 10mg/l – a level the new work shows is harmful to the mayfly eggs – and 10% more than 25mg/l. Mayflies such as the blue-winged olive are a crucial component in the aquatic food chain but numbers have declined substantially in many rivers over the past 30 years. “Their continuing loss can affect the survival of other important species such as wild fish, bird life and mammals,” he said. “This research shows even modest levels of sediment and phosphate, below current national thresholds, have a significant impact on egg survival.” Current regulations are simply not rigorous enough to detect the extent of the problem. This latest study supports growing concern about current guidelines. On a New Zealand perspective it’s not ‘the Silent Spring’ but now ‘The Silent Years’. A fisherman who lived on the NW

Taupo and fished the rivers of the Western Bays remembers great rafts of Manuka beetles in the sheltered bays: Waihora, Waihaha, The Chinamans, Whangamata etc. He could recall harling on Lake Taupo 30-years ago and seeing huge rafts of manuka beetles which had landed on the lake, floating on the water and having been blown together en masse – with trout surfacing and sucking them in a dozen at a time. He hasn’t seen even one manuka beetle in the Taupo area in years – despite fishing the rivers there on average three days a month. Similarly, on the Tauranga-Taupo River, he used to get droves of huhu bugs belting into the windows and ‘helicoptering’ around the rooms if they got in. But again hasn’t seen a huhu bug there now in about five years. Notably also, the calls of the Moreporks sung us to sleep, but they are a rarity also now. Interestingly another fisher spent some time at Lake Rotorua in the Nelson Lakes this Xmas, and saw no dragon or damsel flies as you would expect, read an old book about the area and it suggests an abundance of those plus mayflies. There were of course wasps and sandflies… It makes you wonder why, 1080, or wasp predation? In these sorts of pristine areas what else could it be? Noted the Gowan is quite heavily infested with willow… protected by a conservation order – yeah right… who is it that is managing our fisheries?? Fly hatches on our rivers are a shadow of the 1950s-60s-70s.

Raw sewerage allowed into Mataura River Local Fishermen in Gore are concerned with the Southland Regional Councils apparent lack of concern with sewerage spillages into the Mataura River. Complaints to the Council have fallen on deaf ears. When Council staff has been called and have visited the site where the sewerage is leaking into the river they have denied that the leakage contains sewerage even when it is visible with toilet paper and tampon visible.

The problem lies with the settling ponds located on the northern side of the river, one of which is believed to be leaking. In fact it is also understood this pond is non-compliant and doesn’t even have resource consent. When the river level is high because of high rainfall, excess stormwater is pumped into the settling ponds which are then allowed to overflow into the river. This overflow carries with it untreated sewerage.

On another occasion the pipeline being drilled under the Mataura River from the Dairy Factory hit a quartz rock and was deflected out into a local farmer’s paddock. When the farmer detected the problem and found that raw sewerage had escaped into his paddocks and into the Mataura River Council staff was on the spot really quickly but then denied that there was any sewerage present.

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The Missing Factor in Trout Fishing by Tony Orman

Ten per cent of anglers catch 90 percent of the fish so the saying goes. You can have all the very best of gear and the best of lures or flies but at the end of the day, some anglers – yes 10 per cent seem to have far more success. Also at the end of the day, fishing is little different from other sports whether it be rugby, tennis or golf. Take golf for example. “Time” magazine once reported that the great American golfer Ben Hogan when playing in a tournament, mentally rehearsed each shot before making it. Indeed one golfing authority reckoned amongst the top flight golfers the mental side of golf was 90 percent of the game, physical 8 percent and mechanical 2 per cent. That mental rehearsal is known as psycho-cybernetics. Books have been written about it. It’s nothing new really. And in rugby when you see Dan Carter, Beauden Barrett, Colin Slade and Aaron Cruden lining up and taking a kick, watch closely. They take several seconds before running in. During that time they visibly relax, but concentrate on the ball, then the goal posts, repeating the exercise and visualising the ball going up and over between the goal posts. It’s known as “muscle memory.” The human factor, attitude and approach is a key factor. Yet it’s rarely mentioned in trout fishing. Just to convince you that it’s the person and mental attitude that’s so important rather than gear, I know a trout fisherman who has incredible catch statistics. When I first met him he was using a blue fibreglass rod, made by Kilwell NZ Ltd, branded the Robin Hood and mar-

keted as a “beginner’s rod”. Older trout fishermen may remember it? Well, Jim used that rod predominantly on the Motueka, Maruia and Buller Rivers and would catch three hundred to four hundred trout each summer using the nymph or little wet fly. With the “boy’s rod” he would catch big trout and eventually after several highly successful summer seasons with it, on a large 3.5 kg brown trout in the Buller River the trusty and proven rod broke. Jim then decided to buy a carbon graphite rod. Jim was living example the person is more important than the gear. However that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t buy and enjoy the best of gear if you wish to and can afford it! Jim’s skill and success embraced other qualities like regular fishing, analytical thinking, storing knowledge from each trip in a meticulously kept diary and to mention two more, concentration and commitment. Top anglers in their attitude may have a certain key attribute. I remember when in Hawkes Bay fishing the Tongariro River with Alan Boyce who lived in Pakowhai Road, Hastings. I watched Alan closely because he was a “gun” trout fisherman. Confidence was a strong factor with Alan. He believed in his ability to get a fish although I add it wasn’t over-confidence that makes braggarts. But above all Alan fished with a total focus and concentration. As I watched I saw his whole attention on the line and fly as he worked it around. He believed every cast was a potential hook-up so he was ready – every cast – if a fish took. Another key factor is observation. Pedro Burney of years ago was a charac-

ter in the Hastings and District Anglers Club. He was totally innovative always seeking some new way or different way to catch trout in the Tukituki or on the Maretotara.. Flexibility was his key factor. In contrast many fly fishermen are stuck in their way and won’t seek to change if their way isn’t working. A Welsh trout angler Ieuan D Owen put it succinctly when he wrote: “The real source of angling knowledge is experience. This builds up over the years. The expert approaches every fishing day with an open mind.” How much you enjoy your fishing is over to you. Don’t be too serious. I’ve known anglers to approach a day’s fishing like World War Three. Then there’s the guy who is into numbers. He has to catch more than his fishing companions. And he wants to brag he got 50 or 100 fish for the season. The numbers game is not for me. Just enjoy your fishing, fish or no fish. But the major reason to go fishing is that it’s good for you. It’s therapy. It’s healthy. But there’s another reason too and it’s sobering advice from the late Ted Trueblood, a wonderful writer for the US “Field and Stream” magazine in the 1950s. Ted cruelly dying of brain cancer took his own life at about 69 – a relatively young age. His wise words were:-‘Never say I’ll go tomorrow. When you get a chance to go fishing, go! If you wait until tomorrow, tomorrow will drag into next week and next week will drag into next month and next month into next year – and some day it will be too late.”

How do you stop illegal guiding? What’s to stop a foreign or resident fisherman bringing a few mates to our waters and charging them a fee for his knowledge and assistance? How do you identify this individual? How do you police this illegal guiding? Professional fishing guides say illegal guiding is on the rise, and they are pressing for a compulsory guiding licence that would supposedly cut out rogue operators and relieve pressure on the freshwater fishery, especially our pristine backcountry waters. The New Zealand Professional Fishing Guides’ Association is the national body representing fishing guides throughout New Zealand with members located in all areas of New Zealand and is the largest single activity industry association in New Zealand’s outdoor recreation sector. According to the association around 200 illegal fishing guides operate here, many are residents that do not belong to the association. There was no way of knowing how many of the remainder were overseas guides working illegally, but the association was aware of cases where foreign guides pretended to be tourists. Some lacked permits to legally work here and did not have to meet the same standards as their Kiwi

counterparts, such as having health and safety plans, a first aid certificate, and public liability insurance. Kiwis were also breaking the rules by doing paid guiding without a DoC concession and claiming to be “hosting” friends or foreign anglers on rivers. Growing tourist numbers had also increased pressure on the fresh water fishery, particularly on back country rivers where hut bookings by tourist anglers were significantly higher than New Zealanders. Fish & Game sales of fishing licences to non-residents have risen steadily over the last three years from 4709 in 2014 to 6142 last year when there

were 111,000 licences issued in total. Fish & Game say that at present guides simply required a fishing licence. Support for a separate professional fishing guide licence was still under consideration and would be decided by the Fish & Game board. Overseas anglers are okay and very welcome but all guides must be NZ residents! Unfortunately there are loopholes that unscrupulous overseas and resident “angler/guides” will exploit. But really the problem illustrates the fallacy of unbridled growth, in this case tourism. Controls are needed on numbers, but John Key pursued maximum numbers – a brainless idea.

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Cruelty is cruelty

ious toxins affect different animals. Information on level of consciousness at various times/events after dosing are still needed to fully assess its negative experiences and humanness. Ethics are the standard of often refers to unnecessary suffering. Animal research is regulated what is right and wrong, and Cruelty to animals, also called ani- by the Animal Welfare Act they are based on our values. mal abuse, animal neglect or sim- 1999 and organisations using Being ethical requires making a moral ply animal cruelty, is the inflic- animals must follow an approved judgment, and that’s not always easy. tion by omission (animal neglect) code of ethical conduct. Ethical behaviour takes cour- or by commission by humans This sets out the policies and proceage and has to be practiced. of suffering or harm upon any dures that need to be adopted and Public officials feel added pres- non-human animal, regardless of followed by the organisation and sures. The ethical choices we whether the act is against the law. its animal ethics committee (AEC). make often occur in the public More narrowly, it can be the caus- Every project must be aparena, often under the media’s lens. ing of harm or suffering for specific proved and monitored by an AEC Most of us don’t think a lot about eth- achievement, such as killing animals which includes lay members. ics as we go through our daily lives. for food or for their fur; opinions differ Pest animal management proWe may display our ethi- about the extent of cruelty associat- grams target all animals incal core in many ways, but ed with a given method of slaughter. cluding females and young. we usually don’t talk about it. Cruelty to animals sometimes encom- The RSPCA is opposed to Every once in a while, however, we passes inflicting harm or suffering as the use of glue boards as face a decision that has us stop and an end in itself, defined as zoo sadism. they cause severe suffering. ask: What should I do? If there is a Another criticism of these stud- Other control methods law to guide us, it’s easy - follow it. ies is the definition of cruelty as Where there is a large scale rodent If instincts tell you it’s a clear choice “socially disapproved behaviour”. problem, the RSPCA recommends between right and wrong, fol- These acts (of intentional ani- that only methods resulting in a low your instincts. Although you mal cruelty or non-accidental quick and humane death are used. may occasionally be tempted, injury) may be indicators of se- Many people use a toxic bait to these right-versus-wrong dilem- rious psychological problems. kill unwanted pests. People often mas are usually solved quickly. Animal welfare in New Zealand is choose toxic baits as the poisoned If you compromise between right governed by the Animal Welfare Act rodent will rarely be seen as it wanand wrong then all you have is soup. 1999 and a number of organisations ders off to die. These baits contain My point in underscoring this actively advocate for both chemicals, called anticoagulants, process is this: You, through- animal welfare and animal rights. which cause the rodent to die by out your life are going to be ad- Pest control and farming prac- slowly and painfully from internal dicted to right and wrong, not tices have been scrutinised with bleeding. These poisons are not right and left; and any compro- respect to animal welfare issues. considered to be humane due to mise between right and wrong. The New Zealand economy re- their toxic effects including diffiethical goes be- lies heavily on agriculture and culty breathing, weakness, vomiting, Being animal welfare issues bleeding gums, seizures, abdominal yond just following the law. many the farming sector. swelling and pain. In addition, the It doesn’t matter how you do it involve animal cruelty is animal cruelty. The use of 1080 in New Zea- body of the poisoned rodent may You have to be one sick moth- land to justify pest control and present a risk if it is eaten by other er…….. to change the law so animal health measures has at- animals, including native wildlife. that you can poison and bring tracted some strong opposition An international group offers guida cruel end to an animals life. on animal welfare grounds but a ance to help reduce pain and sufferCruelty is indifference to suffer- 2007 assessment of 1080 (sodium ing in animals destined for culling. ing or pleasure in inflicting suffering. fluoroacetate) concluded that the Killing pest animals is a necessary Cruel ways of inflicting suffering may benefits outweighed the risks. element of covenant management. involve violence, but affirmative vio- In 2010 Landcare Research New Whether an animal is a pet or a stray or lence is not necessary for an act to Zealand Limited prepared a pa- feral, it can feel hunger, pain and fear. be cruel. For example, if a person is per for MAF Biosecurity New Even though many feral animal spedrowning and begging for help and Zealand called “How humane cies are classed as pests, we have an another person is able to help with are our pest control tools?” obligation to treat them humanely. no cost or risk, but merely watches Various vertebrate toxic agents such Pest animals have to be killed, and with disinterest or perhaps mis- as 1080, Brodifacoum, Cholecalcif- it’s something most of us feel unchievous amusement, that person erol and so on, kill traps in mammal comfortable about. We have to conis being cruel—rather than violent. species, in-burrow rabbit control trol the numbers of rats and mice, George Eliot stated that methods and leg hold traps, rote- possums, rabbits, ferrets and stoats «cruelty, like every other vice, none, alphachloralose and DRC-1339 in our environment, but they are all requires no motive outside it- looked at the ‘animal welfare impact’ sentient mammals worthy of respect. self; it only requires opportunity.” (humanness) of these control tools. When cruelty to animals is discussed, it The paper describes in detail how var-

Owning a Frewza

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There was growing community awareness of the need to clean up the countries rivers and lakes, but this could not be achieved unless there was a drop in ‘all of the nitrogen that comes on to farms’’ and was applied as fertiliser. Runoff from farms into creeks, rivers and lakes was damaging water quality, and contributed too many ecological problems, including algal blooms and lake snow. Much of New Zealand’s international appeal depended on its ``clean green’’ image, but that image was being put at risk as New Zealand

Abuse of power by government It is to be hoped that readers will heed the dangers expressed by Wendy Pond in January's issue. What she describes is the perceived and arguably fundamental abuse of power by government departments, mainly by MPI and EPA but also local and regional councils.. It takes much effort and time to research what is going on and then present legal arguments against illegal and unethical actions by government officials and ministers and not just in this case of 1080 drops. Wendy has highlighted a very serious wide-spread problem we all have in the loss of democracy and trust in government. We, the public, are willing to delegate authority and sacrifice some freedoms in exchange for an orderly and civilised society, BUT ONLY if we believe that government is acting in our best interests; that is called fulfilling their fiduciary obligations. Government officials, elected or nomi-

nated, local or national, have a legal, fiduciary duty to act in the interests of the beneficiary, us the public; and ALL their actions, as fiduciaries, are performed for us the public, not vested interests, e.g. the pesticide manufacturers, including 1080, to demonstrate duty of impartiality. In addition exemptions given for 1080 use and registration of pesticides demonstrate government’s failure to fulfil their duties of care, duty of loyalty, duty to maintain public trust and the environment, waters, fish and game are suffering, as are we, as a consequence. It is hoped that hunting and fishing organisations, and the general public, will say enough is enough and provide moral and financial support to people like Wendy to continue to investigate and formulate legal arguments these serious deficiencies in our system of government. The legal arguments are that HSNO

and ACVM Acts mainly but other Acts also are being contravened, by exemption of 1080 as a VTA and adjuvants as inclusion in all pesticides and have been sanctioned by people in other departments whose duty is to see that these alleged illegalities do not occur. As Geoff Guenole points out in the same issue, there are many well qualified people and much peer-reviewed science to ensure the best for NZ in many fields, but they can only be effective if this loss of democracy and trust is addressed. And remember that we all have the Human Right to food and water free from pesticides and that includes 1080. It would be great if people could forward evidence to support comment and rumour re the behaviour of DoC, MPI, EPA DHBs., Regional Councils etc., e.g.: confirm the comment that “DoC officers have told SI trout fishers to throw trout back because there is excess 1080 in the fish”. My contact details are Frank Rowson, Matamata, 0211286575 and is bacsithuy5@gmail.com e-mail

Politics

Political Fair Weather “Friends” by Rupert Pye

I recently referred to a political journalist in the South Island who remarked how since the election, NZ First has been very quiet. Silent would be a better description. He told me that pre-election he was inundated with press releases, three or more a day, copies of NZ First leader Winston Peter’s speeches. And jolly good speeches they often were pinpointing the flaws in the National led governments running of the country. I chatted to a Wairarapa chap at the gun club the other day. He had this to say:-” NZ First is now a real worry - Winston seems to have disappeared and their website has been down for three months. At least Ron Mark (NZ First deputy leader) turned up at the November opening of the Wairarapa Clay Target range in November. The other two Wairarapa MP’s (National) weren’t there. Surveys in recent years show people rank politicians lowly. One said “Trust and confidence in members of Parliament has increased, but in the public mind MPs are still second-to-bottom of a list of 10 types of jobs and organisations. MPs rank slightly ahead of journalists, the least-trusted group, and behind local council members,

lawyers and civil servants, who are all below the half-way mark in a survey of public trust and confidence.” Oh dear, we had better not go on about journalists! Forget about that and meanwhile put up with this journalist telling you about the lowly ranked politician. The interesting aspect to politicians’ pre and post-election behaviour is as my gun club friend said “It’s not unlike fair-weather friends.” When they want something they are all over you. Once they’ve got what they want, you rarely sight them. I went looking for quotes. “Some people will only love you as much as they can use you. Their loyalty ends where the benefits for them stop.” Psycho-analyzing politician’s behaviour might be amusing except the people pay their taxes for parliament to run. They are public servants. The prime minister is not the countries leader but he or she is the most senior public servant. It is interesting to see the contrast in MP’s behaviour when in Opposition and then in government. In Opposition the sky is falling down, but overnight elevated to government benches, everything is

fine and dandy - as a general rule. It is no wonder people see politicians as insincere, shallow and fair weather friends. Conjecture has arisen National’s Bill English will step down and be replaced by someone. But who? Simon Bridges has been mentioned. I recall he issued overseas mineral and drilling exploration rights to foreign corporates to drill offshore and in the public’s forest parks. When asked on TV about the Victoria Range Forest Park, he sheepishly said he did not know where it was despite signing the exploration rights off! Would Amy Adams with her interests in corporate dairying inspire confidence? Steven Joyce, invention of the $11 billion fiscal hole lies prior to the election? As I see National’s stocks of integrity and trust are low. Meanwhile NZ First. It made pledges to end aerial 1080 poison and to look after recreational sea fishing. The silence is deafening. Footnote: Rupert Pye is back in NZ now, he is a retired journalist specializing in political comment.

Together we bought a Frewza F18 Fisher thats our Frewza Cruiser ‘Kia kaha’; ‘and it’s the I was walking down the street when I was accosted by a particularly dirty and shabby-looking homeless man who asked me for a best thing I have done,’ says Ruscouple of dollars for dinner. sel Chesnutt. ‘being aluminium it I took out my wallet, extracted ten dollars and asked, takes the knocks, is lightweight “If I give you this money, will you buy some beer with it instead of dinner?” and the handling is a dream.’ “No, I had to stop drinking years ago,” the homeless man replied. We looked around at many of the “Will you use it to go fishing instead of buying food?” I asked. various makes and after looking at “No, I don’t waste time fishing,” the homeless man said, the Frewsa it fitted everything we “I need to spend all my time trying to stay alive.” wanted and more so we purchased it. “Will you spend this on hunting equipment?” I asked. With heaps of room for dive “Are you NUTS!” replied the homeless man. “I haven’t gone hunting in 20 years!” tanks and our wetsuits, plus “Well,” I said, “I’m not going to give you money. Instead, I’m going to take you home for a shower and a terrific dinner cooked by my all the fishing gear we are abwife.” solutely stoked with this boat. The homeless man was astounded. “Won’t your wife be furious with you for doing that? I don’t think I’ve ever worked I replied, “Don’t worry about that. It’s important for her to see what a man looks like after he has given up drinking, fishing and hunting.” with a business that was so supportive and helpful. They did everything imaginable to ensure we were able to test run the boat and were happy with it and would highly recommend anyone to give Brendon a call at Frews Marine Ltd, Ph: 03 214 1021 www.frewzaboats.co.nz

Dairy incredibly unsustainable Freshwater ecologist Dr Mike Joy recently gave an open lecture on “The Future of Food: Our deadly nitrogen and fossil fuel addiction.” He said: “A big rethink is needed over the amount of nitrogenous fertiliser being used on New Zealand farms if the country is to clean up its lakes and rivers and maintain its clean, green image.” Dr Joy was addressing more than 300 people at the University of Otago’s St David lecture theatre. He is a senior lecturer in ecology and environmental science at Massey University, Palmerston North.

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continued to farm unsustainably, making too much use of nitrogenous fertiliser and fossil fuels. “It’s just incredibly unsustainable,” he says.. New Zealand faced major challenges, including over growing environmental awareness in its European Union markets. The emergence of rival products such as artificial milk and artificial meat also posed big threats. New Zealand should add more value to high quality exports rather than seeking to “bury our heads in the sand.”

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Federated Mountain Clubs in Cuckoo Land? Current issues facing firearm owners by John McNab

Federated Mountain Clubs (FMC) has staunchly supported the present use of aerial 1080 poison and has called for “an urgent and dramatic increase in aerial 1080 operations in our backcountry.” In a seven point statement FMC said New Zealand was “lucky to have it” (1080) and said the quality of outdoor recreation experiences is reduced by the current state of our backcountry-ravaged and silent.” But the seven point pro-10-80 charter drew strong criticism. Bill Benfield co-chairman of the Council of Outdoor Recreation Associations said Federated Mountain clubs seemed on another planet. “This is cuckoo land stuff,” he said. “The silence in many backcountry areas is due to chemicals, a major one being 1080 and another brodifacoum. The issue is nothing to do with pests.” Before poisoning bird life was reasonably noticeable, following aerial 1080 it was silent. The Federated Mountain Club statement said “Introduced pests

pose a serious existential threat to our environment, particularly our forests and bird-life” and “aerial 1080 is the best tool to control bird predators.” But in point 5, it conceded “unwanted by-kill of non-target species, such as kea” did occur but methodology would overcome bird losses. In some areas deer represent could be used. Outdoors writer and author Tony Orman said the FMC pro-poison policy was strangely contradictory. Apart from the admission of loss of keened other birds to 1080, the last point called for scientific investigation into “alternatives.” “If FMC is happy with 1080, why look for alternatives? It doesn’t stack up.” Tony Orman said FMC had a hangup about “introduced pests.” The “pest” syndrome was unrealistic and nonsensical as a senior Landcare scientist told a DOC possum pest workshop in 1994. He said FMC needed to look impartially and not with a closed mind at the use of poisons in socalled “pest” operations. He said

it was not just 1080 but another poison brodifacoum that should be in the critical spotlight. He questioned “Brodifacoum is a far worse poison that 1080 and 1080 is a bad enough, a horribly cruel eco-poison.” Brodifacoum has a withholding period of 36 months, 1080 six months - by that yardstick it is six times worse. 1080 takes 48 hours or more to kill, brodifacoum takes three weeks which made it 10 times more devastating. “The twin use of ecosystem poisons such as brodifacoum and 1080 was ecological madness.” He said with the relegation of the “hopeless” Maggie Barry and the “strident” Nick Smith to political opposition ranks, he looked for much more commonness from new Conservation minister Eugene Sage and Environment Minister David Parker. “Certainly NZ First was strongly against aerial 1080 and they are a major component in government. What do they say now?

Green Party likely to disappear The Labour Party cannot afford to have the Green Party continue to ignore its party faithful and destroy our native birds through the misuse of aerial 1080 poisoning. This cruel and inhumane method of killing pests and wild animals is also affecting our native bird populations along with trout and the many invertebrates that inhabit the areas where this poison is dropped. Sage fully knows that alternatives can, and should, be used in places that are readily accessible, such as near farms, towns and people’s drinking water alonh with our high tourist tracks and areas frequented by trout fishers and hunters. This blatantly destructive method of killing must be stopped at all costs. We think looking after our native forests and animals is a very high priority but not at the high cost of killing off our precious native birds which some are already near extinction. Pests that threaten biodiversity and damage forest health must be eradicated or controlled by more

humane and alternative methods. It is also important to minimise animal suffering from 1080 pest control, and to protect the health of farm animals and pets from this aerial dropping method.. The Greens have proposed a ‘Green New Deal package’ to train and employ more people to deliver effective pest control alternatives on the ground but we are yet to see this. They know that effective trapping of possums for fur can both create jobs and improve forest health, and say that new trap innovations hold great promise. However the Greens would rather spend more on 1080 pest control - because alternatives to aerial 1080 could cost more. They promise to boost research and development to improve the safety, efficiency and effectiveness of pest control methods but nothing has eventuated. There is scientific evidence that aerial poison does benefit our forests by reducing the threat of pest animals

but at what huge cost to our native birds, invertebrates, trout and tourism industry. Is it worth the risk? The Environmental Risk Management Agency’s reassessment of 1080 weighed up the available science for and against its use, and considers that the long-term effects of 1080 are still under-researched. The Greens are fully aware of the fact that 1080 is a powerful toxin, the Greens say that they maintain a precautionary approach to its use but continue to support the increase of aerial dropping. They state clearly that they are committed to promoting practical alternatives to aerial 1080 wherever possible, but particularly close to farms and homes, the areas that cause the most community concern. The unique natural environment of New Zealand is precious and that we must effectively control the pests that threaten our forests, but not with the use of a vile and disgusting poison.

The NZ Police have attempted to add their “wish list” new policy instead of abiding by what is required by the exiting Arms Act and Regulations. Stuart Nash Minister of Police said his number one statement to Police was to fix the relationship between the Police and firearm users. He has asked for a further advice on the findings of the Select Committee Inquiry into Illegal Firearms and will consider this before making any decision on how this should proceed. It has been pointed out to Police in the strongest terms that their attempt to introduce new policies in relation to the secure storage of firearms through a revised POL67N is unlawful and contradicts the current Arms Act and Regulation. Police National Headquarters released information on what the New Zealand Firearms Licensing

regime will look like in the future. They sent it out to potential service providers who had previously indicated their interest at the start of the tender process last year. The key points are: • An applicant applying for their firearms licence for the first time will need to complete their firearms safety education online. • They will then have to attend at a Government agency to complete an online test based on what they downloaded and learned online. • Next they will have to attend a 2 hour practical firearms handling course with instructors at a central location, reduced in number to only a third of the locations currently offering the theory instruction. The practical does NOT include live firing. COLFO expects that the applicant will need to

demonstrate some sort of competency in safe handling of the firearms given to them to handle. • Once both the theory and practical are successfully completed, the applicant can then move on with the security check and required interviews of themselves and their referees. • People without internet access will need to get someone else to download and possibly print the relevant information for them. • Arms Codes will still be available from Police Stations. • It is suggested that the Whakatūpato programme which currently delivers a full day firearms safety and licensing opportunities course will extend into areas where communities are isolated – allowing a face to face instruction of both theory, practical and testing.

Community survey on waterways One of Christchurch City Council’s priorities is supposedly to improve the quality of waterways. It’s also a requirement of the Environment Canterbury Land and Water Regional Plan. They are considering a community water partnership programme focused on educating, engaging and empowering communities to help stop contaminants getting into stormwater. The first step is to identify and understand what motivates people, the barriers to people taking action and the emotional triggers that prompt change. They have now revealed the results of a survey done late in 2017 focusing on these areas. More than 400 people did the survey, and they can see from the results that the community cares about the health of waterways.

The vast majority of people (90 per cent) think the waterways are natural assets and 75 per cent describe them as taonga (treasures). The results also show they have some challenges to improve the quality of our waterways. While nearly 60 per cent of people who completed the survey said our waterways were in poor or very poor health, only 55 per cent of respondents said they knew where storm water went once it entered the drain network. What is encouraging is that the vast majority of people are prepared to make lifestyle changes (80% or more) to reduce pollution and 56 percent of those surveyed would be willing to take part in waterways clean-up activities. Read the full results here: https://www.ccc.govt.nz/en-

vironment/water/waterways/ This seems also pretty representative of City Councils around the country, focusing on the minute, and ignoring all the elephants in the room. Concentrating on what people can do, rather than what the Council should be doing. Such as it’s responsibility to provide citizens with sufficient potable water. Such as mitigating known hazards. Not that peoples actions and attitudes aren’t important, but I’ll lay you any odds you like that the 20-80 rule applies. It would be really interesting to compare the type, volume and consequences of stormwater discharge contamination with what the City pumps out as wastewater which are clearly missed out of the report.

More lead in beer than game meat British MPs have questioned why the use of lead ammunition is being singled out as a health concern, when the lead content of other food items is so much higher. Could you lose your firearms licence if you exceed Government weekly guidelines? In a debate on lead ammunition in the House of Commons last month, Rishi Sunak, Conservative MP for Richmond, commented: “The average consumer is exposed to 60 per cent more lead from their consumption of beer. Products contributing more lead to our diets than game meat include potatoes, coffee and even everyday eggs. Simply put, all studies carried out to date show that eating game meat in moderate quantities has no effect on blood lead levels.” The threat from game meat is extremely small.

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown, Conservative MP for The Cotswolds, concurred: “The threat from game meat specifically is extremely small. The European Food Safety Authority has stated that lead from game meat represents 0.1 per cent of average total dietary lead exposure — significantly less than other groups such as beer and substitutes, which expose the average European consumer to 62 per cent more lead than game meat. Only 0.1 per cent of the British adult population consumes game meat at higher levels than the Food Standards Agency’s guidance.” Charles Walker, Conservative MP for Broxbourne, posed the question: “The shooting of birds with lead shot has been going on for many centuries. Where is the public health crisis? Lead content in food “Lead is present in many foods that

we all consume, and in alcohol and beer, so clearly there must be some level of tolerance or we would all be dropping down in the streets.” The debate was secured by Gerald Jones, Labour MP for Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, responding to an online petition, and also considered the financial impact of a lead ban, the work of the Lead Ammunition Group (LAG) and potential alternatives to lead ammunition. George Eustice, DEFRA minister and Conservative MP for Camborne, Redruth and Hayle, commented that due to the failure of the LAG: “We have no expert consensus about the impact of lead ammunition on wildlife or on human health.” Read more at http://www.shootinguk.co.uk/guns/ammunition/ there-is-more-lead-in-beerthan-game-meat-say-mps51041#cbz7yZTEIySuEg1Z.99

DOC Annual Report fictitious The Department of Conservation’s Annual Report for the year ended 30 June 2017 is now available on their website. The DoC celebrated its 30th anniversary in April 2017 alongside the people and partners who have helped build the Department over the past 30 years, including commercial partners, community groups and individuals.

Highlights for the 2016/17 financial year include the disastrous Predator Free 2050 initiative commenced with the aim of destroying every invertebrate, wild animal in a devastating attempt to rid the country of rats, stoats and possums by 2050 against 60% of the general public’s wishes. The DOC report is, like most newspaper reports, totally fictitious

and in 30-years DoC has achieved nothing - apart from ensuring that our endemic wildlife is stuffed! A very strong reason to disband DoC and reinvent the Forest Service. Here are a few facts about our environment. https://www.hayes-associates. co.nz/downloads/efficiency-inpredator-control-disastrous-stateof-new-zealand-environment.pdf

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Rakitu Island –smell a rat Rakitu Island, located less than 3km from Great Barrier Island, is about to be aerially poisoned with brodifacoum. While local Iwi are supportive of the poison drop, DoC is not listening to the other locals who are completely against the poisoning.. The locals presented a petition at the DoC office of the more than 700 signatures they had collected against the drop. When the presentation was finished, and the first interviews had been held with DoC’s Paul McArthur and Great Barrier Island resident Elise Bishop, McArthur invited everyone inside for a coffee. McArthur was seen to go round the back with the TV1 News reporter, so was followed. The reporter was heard to ask “How many rats are out there ?” He replied “I don’t know”. She asked “Is it in the hundred’s ?” He replied “I don’t know”.

She asked “Is it in the thousand’s ?” He replied “I don’t know”. She said that she was going out there soon with the protestors. He replied that he would email her how many rats were on the island. Half an hour later, the reporter, now on Rakitu, states that the rats number in the thousands”. Did she get the email? Did she make it up? The response from Paul McArthur when emailed about rat densities on Rakitu says: Rat Densities: No current information on densities. “A University of Auckland trip is going out there over 16-27 January weather permitting, to do a number of things including a rat population evaluation and pre eradication ecosystem baseline monitoring.” Apparently the Department of Conservation (DoC) has no idea about rat numbers! Charmaine Foster former-

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ly owned Rakitu Island and He cited that following 1080 drops is not happy about the drop. rat numbers exploded from surviDoes she now regret handing the vors to three times original numbers. island over to the Crown ! Her son “That in turn triggers an explowas trapping their voluntarily and sion of stoat numbers since he was “doing a marvelous job”. stoats prey on rats. It’s biologiHowever. DoC told him to stop cally insanely stupid,” he added. trapping because it would com- Laurie Collins welcomed Dr Bepromise their poison programme!!! koff’s questioning of the New https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/ Zealand government’s Predanew-zealand/great-barrier-island-residents-fighting-against-poison-dropnearby-rakitu?auto=5709442568001 And on Ulva Island they shut down all trapping for months before the drop so that there would be enough rats to get a good kill? Figure that one out, I can’t. DoC did not find the original rat incur- by Stewart Shand sion, a member of the public did and they refused to believe her even though she had photographed footprints. DoC won’t have any idea how many rats are there. It will just be planned in their budget to do aerial drops in certain places whether they need it or not. Most councils do the same.

tor Free 2050 programme. He said the moral and ethical grounds for using poisons and slow acting ones in particular was indefensible. 1080 takes up to and over 48 hours to kill animals and birds while brodifacoum used by DOC and the Waikato Regional council, took up to 20 days and even more. He too was alarmed that in some

The Bringer of Death but not Suffering…. and I didn’t kill what I was trying to save, as in the birds

Is Killing So-called Predators Necessary? by John McNab

New Zealand’s anti-predator policy and associated use of cruel poisons is both biologically and ethically wrong says an American Professor. American Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, said there were many hard questions about the New Zealand government’s policy of killing of non-native animals (introduced) throughout the Country. “People who want to mass kill nonnative invasive animals, also called pests, think that such widespread slaughter will be the panacea and return New Zealand’s landscapes to what they used to be.” Killing introduced predators reminded Marc Bekoff of the “inane comment” by Nicola Toki, the Threatened Species Ambassador of New Zealand’s

Department of Conservation (DoC), that “everybody hates possums.” Marc Bekoff declared himself an opponent of New Zealand’s planned slaughter involved in Predator Free 2050. It was more than likely that 99% of the millions of animals killed would suffer cruelty. New Zealanders who have criticized the mass killing campaign have been publicly insulted and threatened with violence in retaliation for their views by people who have come to hate the animals supposedly causing problems. He criticised New Zealand’s “recruiting youngsters to kill“ as had occurred in schools. “Kids are also brought into the arena of mass killing. But violence toward non-humans (animals) has been linked to violence toward humans.”

schools youngsters had been taught the ‘wild animal hatred’ doctrine. There were reports of DOC officers visiting schools and preaching the “hate philosophy.” Ed: The latest video out on the poisoned Putaruru family. Some pretty scary stuff in it ... https://youtu.be/j6i4pZ5RYI4

The hate towards wild animals was nothing new. In the 1950’s an American Professor William Graf came to New Zealand on behalf of the State of Hawaii. Hawaii had heard of New Zealand’s wild deer problem and since the state was contemplating releasing deer, wanted to see the situation first hand. Dr Graf concluded that New Zealand authorities and government agencies had an “anti-exotic wild animal phobia” to such a degree that they could not see the subject objectively. Spokesman for the Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust Laurie Collins said the wild animal hatred was still evident particularly in the Department of Conservation and its close associate Forest and Bird. He said poisoning only undermined Nature’s predator-prey relationships.

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“My experience of 1080 poison: Back in the mid 1990’s I was awarded an eradication contract with a forestry administration company in the Wairarapa. My job was to eradicate anything that had 4 legs, a tail, and a head from 6000 hectares of farm land. This farm land was bought by an overseas investor and was being planted in pines. The original contract ran for 2 years until the pines had established themselves. In the contract I could remove from the property any, if not all the dead animals I wanted. This arrangement would give me a fairly good income from possum fur on top of the contract fee. So I thought. To do the job efficiently I split things up into categories and times. For instance Sheep and Cattle in daylight. Possums at night. Rabbits and Hares at night. Deer at night. Goats in daylight. Pigs in daylight and night. Traps and cyanide laid in daylight, and so on. Then the days and nights were split to target specific animals. If I was targeting rabbits and hares on a particular night, all the deer, sheep, etc were left alone. OK, I did take out the odd deer, pig and possum. No two consecutive nights had the same target. For those wondering how I can see things at night, not very many nights are pitch black and you do get used to it over time. Also I used to have a small hand torch strapped to my shoulder to help when I was rolling a smoke. The kill light was a million candlepower handheld spotlight hooked into the mo-

torbike. Also a 500 candlepower battery run backpack spotlight for when I had to leave the bike. As with most people working days or night shift I had my break times. These break times coincided with me reaching particular parts of the farm. These places were sheltered spots and mostly near native bush. A couple were right on the boundary with a conservation property. Another spot was besides an area of manuka that had been crush-rolled so they could plant in amongst it. It was in these areas when you switched off the lights and engine of the four wheeler that you could lay back on the ground and appreciate the noises made by the night life. Kiwis calling, nightingales flitting around, Moreporks calling. The odd hedgehog coming in to see what you have for smoko. Then the night up by the crushed manuka, two little Moreporks landing on the front carrier of the bike with their big eyes sort of asking what’s for dinner. Parent sitting on the fence watching both myself and them. The next night I returned at about the same time, this time with cut up rabbit. I waited around for a while and they didn’t turn up so I left pieces of rabbit on the ground and on the fence posts. Two nights later I was back in the area and with a bit of possum was going to leave them a feed. The lights picked them up sitting on the fence as I was going down the track. To keep a long story short,

overtime I could get fairly close to them but not quite hand feed them. Meanwhile back in the other spots the night life could get rowdy on occasions. I used to take out the odd person with me for a hunt and they loved sitting in these places listening. A lot of them never realised just how much night life was in the bush. Well all this changed the day the council twats turned up. OK, I won’t go into details about what was said etc, but they ended up hand laying 1080 and I wasn’t leaving. I had a job to do. These guys laid bait on the main tracks in places that thick that if you put your No 11 boot down you stood on at least 3 baits. You couldn’t tell them that where they were laying baits there wasn’t any possums, rats, stoats, etc. As far as they were concerned I didn’t know nothing or how to catch them. So my 40 odd traps that had been in this particular area along with cyanide baits for last 4 months were all wrong. Only things I got out of that area was 3 deer, 2 pigs, and a goat. I never even found a possum after them either. To me it was a transit gully where animals passed through. The most disturbing thing to watch is a 1080’d animal die. The pleading in their eyes as they try and drag themselves to shelter can even get to the hardiest of us. It still gets at me. I spent a lot of my time putting bullets into them instead of hunting the ones that had got away. The birdlife at the rest spots ceased. Everything went deathly quiet. I never saw my three Moreporks again. Even the hawks succumbed to 1080. I had to get off my bike and go and put the odd pig deer out of its misery. They can make an eerie screaming noise when dying from 1080. Riding around that block at night, and in daylight after 1080 was like as if you were in a horror movie. The feeling of death all around. Not only had they eradicated their target, but also what they were supposed to save. I spent a few nights in the conservation area after they did the 1080 to see if there was any life deeper in. …. Nothing. I may have been the bringer of death. But not suffering. Also I didn’t kill what I was trying to save, as in the birds.”

Predator-Free Goal Is Wrong The biggest danger to bird life and bio-diversity are the animal haters with their obsessive ignorance in using ecosystem poisons such as brodifacoum and 1080. Outdoor writer and author, Tony Orman. New Zealand’s programme “Predator-Free 2050” set is flawed and unrealistic says an American professor, an expert in both biology and ecology. The bloody decision by some New Zealanders to try to return to what used to be by slaughtering millions of non-native animals is troubling from biological and ethical perspectives, says Dr. Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado People who want to mass kill non-native invasive animals, also called pests, naively think that such widespread slaughter will be the panacea and return New Zealand’s landscapes to what they used to be. Why the wild animal hatred? Dr Bekoff described as “inane” a comment by Nicola Toki, the

Threatened Species Ambassador of New Zealand’s Department of Conservation (DoC), that everybody hates possums. Dr Bekoff’s criticism of Predator Free 2050 received strong support. Spokesman for New Zealand’s Sporting Hunters Outdoor Trust, Laurie Collins, said

wild animal hatred was still evident particularly in the Department of Conservation and its close associate Forest and Bird. He said poisoning only undermined Nature’s established predator-prey relationships. 1080 upsets the natural order Research showed follow-

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ing 1080 drops rat numbers exploded from survivors to three times original numbers. That in turn triggers an explosion of stoat numbers since stoats prey on rats. It’s biologically insane. Utterly stupid,” says Laurie. Outdoor writer and author Tony Orman said Predator Free 2050 was totally unrealistic as it was unachievable. It will fail. Millions of taxpayer dollars will have been wasted and there will be a massive bill for the ecological damage. Let’s not forget many of its proponents won’t be around in 2050 to try to answer for their irresponsible stupidity. He said DOC officer Nicola Toki was totally wrong saying “everybody hates possums.” his is the typical vitriolic unhealthy vile attitude the more extreme wild animal haters have. In one way I feel sorry for them. A phobia about wild animals New Zealanders who have criticized the mass killing campaign have been publicly insulted and

threatened with violence, in retaliation for their views by people who have come to hate the animals supposedly causing problems. Dr Bekoff criticised New Zealand’s recruiting youngsters to kill as had occurred in primary schools. Kids are also brought into the arena of mass killing. But violence toward non-humans (animals) has been linked to violence toward humans, he said. Tony Orman said the hatred of wild animals had been evident for years. He cited an American Professor William Graf who after visiting New Zealand to see the government’s attempts to exterminate wild deer, said authorities and government agencies had an anti-exotic wild animal phobia. Slow-to-kill poisons morally wrong and highly damaging The use of slow-to-kill poisons was morally wrong. 1080 takes up to and over 48 hours to kill animals and birds while brodifacoum used by DOC and the Waikato Regional Council, takes

up to 20 days and even more. He expressed deep concern that in some schools youngsters had been taught the ‘wild animal hatred’ doctrine. There were reports of DOC officers visiting schools and preaching the “wild animal hate” philosophy. Tony Orman said the hatred of introduced species was very selective and hypocrisy at its worst. He says that … all humans are introduced by way of migration. New Zealand’s economy is based around primary production involving sheep, cattle, dairy cows, grapes, fruit trees, pasture grasses and other introduced species. Possums were not a pest as a senior scientist once told a DOC pest workshop. Predator-prey relationships happen world-wide. The biggest danger to bird life and bio-diversity are the animal haters with their obsessive ignorance in using ecosystem poisons such as brodifacoum and 1080, he says.

Lies, deceit and corruption Crying ‘botulism’ from day one, we now have a complete ‘about face’ on the poisoned Waikato family. The family has spoken out and wants the truth revealed. It is time the Minister revealed the true facts. The Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch published an excellent article by Pam Vernon - exposing both the cover-up involved in this story, and also the appalling lack of investigative reporting in this country. The news reports were written by reporters who were more worried about their pay packet and about NOT mentioning the words “1080 poison”, than getting to the truth! https://envirowatchrangitikei. wordpress.com/2017/12/23/crying-botulism-from-day-one-wenow-have-a-complete-about-faceon-the-poisoned-waikato-family/ For weeks, since this Putaruru family was first hospitalized after a meal of wild boar meat, mainstream media has told us the family had botulism. “All three members of a Waikato family struck down with botulism after eating freshly slaughtered wild boar meat has regained consciousness”. A number of folk requested information on the issue under the OIA but were declined citing patient confidentiality. What is wrong with a minister that doesn’t get to the bottom of this saga and reveal all to the public? If Eugene Sage doesn’t have the back-bone to do this she shouldn’t be in the job. Understandably given the widespread use of 1080 throughout NZ people wanted reassurance it

wasn’t 1080 poisoning of a beast or human via secondary poisoning. Then we had a Neuroscientist also speaking out about the symptoms and how they did not match botulism. “Joji Varghese describes how up to four nurses were required to restrain the victims, because their involuntary convulsions were likely to harm the patients and the nurses. They had to be strapped to their beds.” Now, the very next morning we have an article in the Herald telling us that the family’s test results have now been returned (coincidentally?) and the verdict is that no it was not botulism. Even more coincidentally, we learn they had also been tested for 1080 and the results were negative. So just two days ago, the family were also refused the results to all testing for another 20 days, yet the following day (after the release of the family interview) mainstream media has the test results? “The family was also tested for 1080 poisoning and that was negative too”. Radio NZ This is another flip flop as you will note in this article they hadn’t been tested for 1080 because the family would have to eat a bowlful to be poisoned to the extent they were it was claimed. “He revealed the family had also been tested for mercury, arsenic and lead poisoning but not 1080 as doctors believed they would have needed to consume a cereal bowl full for it to have such a violent effect.” NZ Herald. The medical notes clearly state that hospital staff decided NOT to test for

1080 because they believed people would have had to eat a bowl full of 1080 to suffer the effects they did. They didn’t believe it was feasible. And now we are being told that even the boar meat was not the cause: “No evidence boar was the cause”. It appears that the authorities have destroyed all of the meat that was in the family’s freezer (now why would you do that?). And the meal left on the table is still in pristine non-decayed condition, unlike the rest of the food left there. So, it is all looking murkier by the hour. Do you still trust the authorities? The media? Your government which has a corporation mindset. The hospital management? And we have other growing anomalies in the 1080 mix. So all the meat in the freezer has been taken away? And now the authorities are saying 1080 tests were negative when they only recently said it wasn’t tested for! Why did they got rid of all meat in freezer but didn’t throw out the food they had been eating?? Why would they do that? Perhaps they did find traces of 1080?? There needs to be an inquiry! Pardon my ignorance but are 1080 and brodifacoum considered to be two different poisons? Could it have been brodifacoum instead of 1080? And they know it. Are they deliberately avoiding the mention of brodifacoum in articles and focusing on negative result for 1080 ie taking advantage of a technicality... Read the full story https:// www.facebook.com/clyde.graf/ videos/1753678841344112/

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Wild Boar Botulism Family Speaks Out It is time the Minister revealed the true facts Crying ‘botulism’ from day one, we now have a complete ‘about face’ on the poisoned Waikato family. Read the full story on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/clyde. graf/videos/1753678841344112/ The Rangitikei Environmental Health Watch published an excellent article by Pam Vernon - exposing both the cover-up involved in this story, and also the appalling lack of investigative reporting in this country. The news reports were written by reporters who were more worried about their pay packet and about NOT mentioning the words “1080 poison”, than getting to the truth! https://envirowatchrangitikei. wordpress.com/2017/12/23/cryingbotulism-from-day-one-we-nowhave-a-complete-about-face-onthe-poisoned-waikato-family/ For weeks, since this Putaruru family was first hospitalized after a meal of wild boar meat, mainstream media has told us the family had botulism. “All three members of a Waikato family struck down with botulism after eating freshly slaughtered wild boar meat have regained consciousness”. Stuff.co.nz A number of folk requested information on the issue under the OIA but were declined citing patient confidentiality. TV Wild put in a request four weeks ago and this was also declined, even with patient consent. Understandably given the widespread use of 1080 throughout NZ people wanted reassurance it wasn’t 1080 poisoning of beast or human via secondary poisoning even. We had a Neuroscientist also speaking out about the symptoms and how they did not match botulism. Then, two nights ago the Graf Boys (maker of the documentary on

1080 called Poisoning Paradise) having obtained consent from the family, published an interview with friends of the family. The revelations were startling especially regarding the after effects of the poison. (We also published that video this morning, you can see it here.) “Joji Varghese describes how up to four nurses were required to restrain the victims, because their involuntary convulsions were likely to harm the patients and the nurses. They had to be strapped to their beds.” Now, the very next morning we have an article in the Herald telling us that the family’s test results have now been returned (coincidentally?) and the verdict is that no it was not botulism. Even more coincidentally, we learn they had also been tested for 1080 and the results were negative. So just two days ago, the family were also refused the results to all testing for another 20 days, yet the following day (after the release of the family interview) mainstream media has the test results? “The family was also tested for 1080 poisoning and that was negative too”. Radio NZ This is another flip flop as you will note in the this article they hadn’ttested for 1080 because the family would have to eat a bowlful to be poisoned to the extent they were it was claimed. “He revealed the family had also been tested for mercury, arsenic and lead poisoning but not 1080 as doctors believed they would have needed to consume a cereal bowl full for it to have such a violent effect.” NZ Herald And now we are being told that even the boar meat was not the cause: “No evidence boar was the cause”. It appears that the authorities have destroyed all of the meat that was in the family’s freezer (now why

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would you do that?). And the meal left on the table is still in pristine non-decayed condition, unlike the rest of the food left there. So, it is all looking murkier by the hour. Do you still trust the authorities? The media? Your government? (which is a corporation mind). The hospital management? And we have other growing anomalies in the 1080 mix. Educate yourself on 1080 by visiting the Graf Boys’ website, the1080science site, our 1080 pages and by following the links here. During the holiday period take a look at the documentary ‘Poisoning Paradise’ plus other videos on topic at the same link. Articles Cited: First botulism tests for family left comatose after eating wild boar are negative: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ news/article.cfm?cid=1&obje ctid=11964419&ref=NZH_fb Mystery family poisoning – ‘No evidence’ boar was the cause: https://www.radionz.co.nz/ news/national/346807/mystery-family-poisoning-no-evidence-boar-was-the-cause How weird is this? The medical notes in TV Wild’s video interview with the poisoned family, clearly state that hospital staff decided NOT to test for 1080 because they believed people would have had to eat a bowl full of 1080 to suffer the effects they did. They didn’t believe it was feasible. The DHB declined to comment to TV Wild. And yet after the interview was released, suddenly the District Health Board announces this afternoon that they tested for 1080 and it was negative. This information is not in the medical notes. Either someone has misinterpreted this information, someone has failed to update the medical notes, or someone is telling porkies.

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Forest and Bird - the hidden enemy Herds of Special Interest Having been involved in the 1080 debate for some time I can honestly say hand on heart that I believe in pest control. However I am becoming increasingly concerns when I see the manner and methods by which DoC and Ospri are carrying out there 1080 aerial dropping campaigns. New Zealand needs to eradicate our pests, rats, possums, stoats and weasels. But the DoC/Ospri programme appears to have little to nothing to do with the eradication of these pests. Little is mentioned in many of the reports about Forest and Birds involvement. Forest and Bird clearly state in their policies that they are against recreational hunting. Formed in 1923, Forest & Bird has about 80,000 supporters in 50 branches throughout the country. Forest and Bird have cleverly infil-

trated DoC to the highest levels and they appear to be enforcing their idealistic policies through DoC. You have to give them credit as they have managed to pull off one of New Zealand’s largest heists in capturing the socalled Conservation Department. Originally established to protect our native forests and birds, Forest and Bird’s role has been extended in recent years to include protection of all native species and wild places – on land and in our oceans, lakes and rivers. If you think for one minute that this organisation is focusing on the pests that we normally associate with the name, then you are badly mistaken. To be against recreational hunting you have to be against one of our most popular kiwi recreational activities, hunting deer and wild pigs. When you put the microscope on the manner and methods

that DoC and Ospri are using it is clearly focussed on the eradication of deer and wild pigs. Many of the areas and regions targeted by the aerial dropping of 1080 have few small pests and are largely inhabited by deer and pigs. DoC pride themselves by stating that 1080 is the only cost effective method for killing pests. Yet when they spend thousands on targeting an huge land mass like Molesworth Station that has very few small pests yet is or was inhabited by large numbers of deer it makes their statement look pretty stupid. Forest and Bird organisation is clearly the hidden enemy – they have a hidden agenda to eradicate all pests from our forests, yet forget that most rural roads are where many stoats, weasels and rats inhabit and is where they should be targeting their poison but for some reason avoid the issue.

Water Quality- what’s happening? Nitrate levels are stubbornly high in and around private drinking water wells, potentially posing risks to infants under 6 months old, with land intensification a significant cause of the water quality crisis. In 2009, 70 percent of bathing sites were suitable for public recreation. Today, that figure has dropped to 58 percent. The level of intensification has got in front of the ability to manage the environmental impacts from that intensification. Canterbury is at the forefront of it. Mid-Canterbury crop and dairy farmer Ian Mackenzie said the government’s plan to end irrigation loans is the wrong answer. He said that as well as boosting grass growth, irrigation can also dilute

polluting nitrates in the urine from livestock through techniques such as managed aquifer recharging. However, this doesn’t address the underlying problem which is that we have too many cows. There’s no treatment of the effluent of cows. We need to think differently if we’re going to try reduce the impact of land intensification.” Canterbury Medical Officer of Health Dr Alistair Humphrey said the rising levels of nitrate are the “canary in the mine” for looming health risks. “It will be decades before it gets better and we’re farming more intensively,” he said. Dr Humphrey said there had been half a dozen cases of blue baby syndrome - caused by high levels of nitrates in water - in the United States

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In 2013 the Game Animal Act came into effect from which the Game Animal Council was formed. The GAC is a statutory body appointed but the Minister of Conservation and the specific goal of the GAC is to improve the management of deer, chamois, tahr and wild pigs. The Act provides powers for the Minister to designate a wild animal namely deer and wild pigs on conservation or Crown land as a herd of special interest (HOSI). Animals within a HOSI are considered to be ‘game animals’ under the GAC Act. Interestingly enough there are still no designated HOSI. Not even in Recreational Hunting areas, where game animals (deer, tahr, chamois) are supposed to be protected. The “Investigative Group” which met to address the issue of “protection” of deer, Chamois, Tahr and wild pigs, set up by Peter Dunne, lacked credibility and composition.. Dunne had two extreme conservationists on the Panel, a scientist (who couldn’t vote for protection (or Landcare Research’s contracts with DoC

would be over) and Gary Ottman, reflecting the views of US hunters. Naturally, they came up with meaningless recommendations that went nowhere, stymied by Dunne choosing a panel that would never reach a pro-wild animals outcome. But the real issue is Section 4 of the Conservation Act, which deals with a re-invented Treaty of Waitangi, which as the Crown in a “Partnership” with iwi. Think of that - the British Empire in 1840 - the world’s number one military power - in a “partnership” with Stone Age, warring cannibal tribes. So, DoC is beholden to iwi. To them, the “partnership” to them means that they tell DoC what to do. Because in the Maori Apartheid State that NZ has become, thanks to John Key, Christopher Finlayson, adding to the division caused by Geoffrey Palmer and Doug Graham, Tribes tell DoC what to do. We have a succession of idiots that have helped turn NZ into an apartheid state. And DoC does what iwi tell it to do and herein lays the problem. Until the Minister designates a herd as

such we are in danger of having our herds of deer, tahr, chamois and wild pigs reduced to such numbers to meet DoC’s specific conservation objectives. When you consider the infiltration of DoC by the Greenies and Forest and Bird you can almost guarantee that these objectives are not in the interests of hunters. A Quota system for HOSI run by any government department will be a disaster. The wild game industry of NZ is so close to the relationship of Customary/Recreational and Commercial fishers in its public reaction I wouldn’t have though any politician with a brain would want this system. Some people hunt for food, some people hunt for sport and some people hunt for profit. The most important thing missed by this group and the government consultants is that it is only DoC’S opinion that the wild game, Pigs, Deer, Thar, Chamois are out of control and they are wrong. The huge Wild Game industry of NZ that thousands of business rely on is being really effectively managed by the hunters themselves and Doc along with Forest and Bird should butt out.

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We have nothing to hide and much to be proud of. THE TRUTH IN REALITY That commercial fishers have a code of conduct is a surprise to us at Fishing and Outdoors. So we read it and tried to apply it to the commercial fishing practices of today’s modern commercial fleet. For an industry that doesn't condone illegal behaviour they certainly do a lot of offending. As we write this reply to their propaganda, the list of fishery offences in the court committed by commercial fishers against the fishery are staggering. 122 charges with a guilty plea too, and more for not deploying antibird devices just to name a few. This alone leaves with the impression that commercial fishers have no moral fibre at all. The commercial fishers have used political influence to stop the biggest reserve at the Kermadecs as part of our world responsibilities for fish sustainability. The commercial fishers only work with government when they can profit from it.

The commercial Aquaculture in particular don’t give a toss about the environment or what the public want, all they want is more space to put plastic farms on; and foul and destroy the natural environment to further their corporate wealth. The cray fishers knew they had caught so many cray that the kelp forests were being eaten by kina and the environment was being laid waste as well. Their response was to use more pots to race each other to catch the last cray. In almost every case every part of commercial fishing innovation is about using new technology to kill more fish using less fuel. Even though the commercial fishing industry has its primary produce provided for free from Mother Nature; the industry still moans about the price of picking it up. The commercial fishing industry at one point were paying foreign charter vessel crews slave labour rates of NZ $50 a month with some serious fines for non-payment of wages as well and now in some NZ fishing companies it is basically mandatory to have been in the Rus-

sian navy or at least speak Russian. Kiwi fish should be caught and processed by Kiwis end of story. The commercial fishers are fighting with every breath they have, to prevent the installation of cameras and AIS in an attempt to stop transparency in the industry. So this part of their code is a bold faced lie. The commercial fishers have tried every trick in the book to prevent the placement of cameras on their boats and they even tried to make discard legal under the Fisheries Act by getting inshore fish species put under schedule 6. One commercial fisher stated on the front page of a Timaru paper that he had been commercial fishing for forty years and does not know a single commercial fisher in NZ that fishes legally. We are inclined to agree. As for the promise to NZ’s, we have heard it all before and the commercial fishers promises usually end up in court eventually facing criminal charges just like the last commercial fishers who swore their innocence.

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Letter to editor For the love of money Dear Sir Thanks for the informative article on New Zealand’s commercial and recreational mayhem in fisheries management. As you know I am a kiwi commercial medium Boat fisherman operating on the West Coast of America. Here it is well recognized in our industry that New Zealand is the prime example on how NOT to run a fishery. 1. It is law here to prevent corporations from holding a monopoly on fishing permits. That is the crux of your problem in New Zealand’s commercial fisheries. 1a. I have no doubt the New Zealand public pay export prices for a commodity that is there’s. New Zealand’s 200 mile EEC zone is the 6th largest in the world, hence the problem. There is big bucks in those them there waters. 2. It is illegal to trawl within 3 miles of the shore line. If you can imagine that law applying in New Zealand. Here’s how the law here works for me as a commercial fisherman in California. I target Salmon, Dungeness Crab and albacore tuna. I can sell directly to the public from my Boat. My market is growing with the recognized illogical concept of placing a salmon who’s life cycle is to travel thousands of miles in a pen. Then expect it to be the same tasty fillet after feeding it pellets and adding some color so it looks like its wild. Dungeness Crab is a totally sustainable fishery. All females are returned. All males under a certain size are returned. The breeding cycle is intact. Recreational fishing lobbyists are a powerful force here. They do pain me often. I was a boy who had the invaluable upbringing of looking at the world with both American and European points of view on 2 television channels from the armchair of New Zealand. Here’s what pains me when I look at my country of birth with that same eagle eye. New Zealand’s green ecological nature caring image is a farce. 1. Dumping unwanted quota fish back in the ocean is ecological genocide. That is our lead marker in our fisheries. 2. Bombing the forests with 1080 poison with the misguided delusion of tuberculosis causing ecological disaster. 1080 poison is an insecticide. It kills insects. It also kills deer. As is well known here in the USA. It kills everything. So know we have the country of my birth committing ecological genocide on the oceans and on the land. For the love of money - sad for our children.

New Zealand pest-free by 2050, which includes deer and pigs. If you hunt wild game to feed your family, as most of my workers do, be concerned as this will affect you! As I have always said to people who ask me about the effects of 1080 poison — go into a forest which has been poisoned by 1080 and see for yourself. Listen if you can hear any birds, and you will notice the smell of death. Mark Nyhoff Pakiri Logging

I used to be a scientist and looked at 1080 as NZ uses by far the most of this highly dangerous chemical in the world. It was banned in my country many years ago after one field trial - for good reason. I’m astounded by false and misleading information given out by NGOs using this poison. They infer it’s natural - it most certainly is not - and that there is a biodegradable version; there can’t be by definition of its chemical structure. David Edmunds, UK

Andie Berg, Auckland

To vilify some animals, to try and desensitize the population especially children, does not detract from these animals dying horrific deaths. For or against 1080, natives or deemed pests, that’s the bottom line and in this day and age in a country like ours, inhumane treatment of any animal is shameful and unacceptable. Kevin Simpson

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The aim of the early European settlers was to set up one nation, one lot of laws for all and one set of rights. That’s why fish and game laws say one lot of laws for all. Part of that is not being able to sell trout fishing and duck and pheasant shooting rights. But pheasant preserves sell shooting rights. What is Fish and Game sitting on its hands over this. Then we have sea fishing rules where rules do not apply to anyone with a penny weeny bit of Maori forebears. But non-Maori have to abide by fisheries regulations. Who were the fools who began this discrimination. It is racist. Go to the 1980s Labour government led by one lily white liberal in Geoffrey Palmer which started the change. Other governments after the 1980s Labour mob followed the theme of dividing NZ into “Maori” and nonMaori. Thus was set up the treaty of Waitangi claim gravy train.Some of most vociferous are individuals who have more Europeanor nonMaori blood than Maori. They have no right to demand handouts. They are simply greedy opportunists who underneath don’t care about ancestry but just want the money. The claimants would love to get exclusive rights to water and rivers. Where does that leave Fish and Game as water is used for trout habitat. I blame the lily white liberals and their PC nonsense. They have nurtured it in their efforts to get Maori Party backing in the monthly Confidence & Supply votes in Parliament. Others have been so so brainwashed by the money-grubbers and PC brigade like Race Conciliator Susan Devoy (before her ex-DOC bureaucrat Joris De Bries upheld the discrimination) that people believe that “ we” are guilty and should cough up. Don’t forget schools and universities indoctrinating the false history into young minds too. My dictionary defines indigenous as being born in the country. I regard myself as indigenous.

Just like Mark, I have personally experienced the death of our native bird species in areas aerial-bombed by 1080. The reply by Grant Vincent is typical of those either part of the pro-1080 machine, or one of the many duped by the “paid-for” science and the heavily manipulated propaganda perpetrated by DoC and its contractors. There is an endless amount of independent science Ed Buckingham that can refute very single claim Wairarapa made about 1080 and Brodifacoum. It is accumulating in our ecosystem and slowly poisoning all that use it. Protection for Molesworth Carl Scott, Auckland

It’s a shame that the only so-called scientific evidence that has been allowed to be published, and therefore setting precedence, has been paid for by the industry that uses this insane poison. If you removed the lies, corruption, extortion and manipulation by political dominance and control of the media you would be left with a truth that no New Zealander could stomach. S. Williams

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Dear Sir Hypocritically Forest and Bird have come out wanting to protect Molesworth Station when they condone the aerial dumping of 1080 poison on other areas, especially areas where there are no possums. Our native birds and invertebrates are being killed in their droves while this organisation. This organisation should be disbanded as they think it’s time for our conservation values to be given priority over farming in the biodiversity hotspot of Marlborough’s Molesworth Station. Forest and Bird should never be allowed to have anything to do with conservation in New Zealand ever again.

Thank you Mark Nyhoff for telling the truth regarding 1080 poison and informing Gisborne Herald readers. The depth of ignorance about B. Smith this poison, coupled with the rosy Auckland picture the authorities paint about this poison, is truly astounding for a clean, green country. As if by some magic, you can isolate/confine the damage this poison can do only to “pests”. It is an indiscriminate, highly lethal poison that affects all the flora and fauna, including the native birds and also game many people use for food and our waterways and fish. The evidence on the ground is building up that this poison is not protecting birds, rather it is killing them alongside everything else in the environment - truly an ecocide. There Please visit and LIKE are many documented cases of huus on Facebook www. mans and pets also suffering from facebook.com/Fishinthis poisoning. Stop Poisoning of NZ, gandoutdoorsnewswith this failed, criminal activity. It is not working; the only ones benefitpaper and share with ing are the 1080 manufacturers and your friends and get the flying companies spreading it! out regular news and

Dear Sir As a logging contractor and bushman for the past 35 years, I have seen my fair share of 1080 poison drops. Every year parts of the forest estate where I worked were systematically poisoned every three years. In my experience this creates very low bird numbers, especially predatory birds like the falcon, morepork, weka and hawk. All these birds I have found poisoned after a 1080 poison drop. 1080 poison was first developed as an insecticide, so what effect does this have on the forest ecosystem as a whole? And then there’s the effect on poisoning our waterways which run down to our coastline. New Zealand’s Department of Conservation, TBfree and many regional councils backed by Forest and Bird support the aerial use of 1080 poison which indiscriminately kills all creatures that breathe oxygen through a slow, painful death One Nation that can take some animals days. Then there is the crusade to have Dear Sir,

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Bess’ brainstorm Dr Randell Bess has spent the best part of five years and millions of dollars trying to convince the recreational fishers of NZ that a recreational fishing licence will be good for them and the fish. Bess failed in an epic fashion to the point where only days after the release of his recommendation the new fishery minister Stuart Nash announced in parliament there would not be recreational fisher licencing or monitoring by this government. Dr Bess must have thought, given enough time and money he would able to manipulate the recreational fishers into believing the cost of a recreational fishing licence wasn’t actually a Tax but was a good thing. In response the recreational fishers let Bess know that it was just a Tax on recreational fishers and then pointed out that the recreational fishers with petrol engines pay 66 cents per litre of road Tax when they go fishing. That means that every time you fill up your 20 litre tote tank the Government gets $13.20 in road Tax for nothing. The other brain storm from Bess was the recreational fishers being monitored. This was designed to gather catch records for the Minis-

ter of MPI at the time Nathan Guy to supposedly gather better information of how many fish were landed. The actual reason the Minister wanted recreational fishers monitored was so that the Minister could then allocate extra quota to the commercial fishers. This was picked up by the recreational fishers really quickly when the CEO of Sanford put out a press release and said if recreational fishers agreed to monitoring then Sanford would remove their trawlers from the Hauraki Gulf. Bess denied this all through his public speaking tour of NZ. To be successful in his agenda that was basically still all about John Keys vision of the primary industry trying to double the value of the export fishery by 2025, Bess needed two things. Bess needed the National Party to win with Shane Jones as fishery Minister, but neither of these things happened. Bess is a hangover from the worst fishery management this country has ever seen. The Querin Report, Maui Dolphin, Hawkes Bay Seafood, all these things mean that the NZ public have no trust or faith at all in fishery management in NZ. I would put people like Bess who

have lost all credibility in the credibility recycle bin. In the credibility recycle bin at the moment is David Turner (who was not dismissed but resigned); Martin Gallagher (who was not dismissed but resigned); Andrew Coleman (who was not dismissed but resigned); Steve Halley (director of inshore fishery should have been the first to be held responsible for the dismal state of the inshore fishery was brazenly promoted to fishery director). See the pattern - but we all know the truth – they seriously messed up and their reward was to be moved out of the public eye. Then we have Shane Jones (who didn’t want the Kermadec reserve or cameras on commercial boats); last but not least is the MPI itself and not just the fishery side of the operation because of the lies and cover ups from the MPI fishery distrust has rubbed off on all areas of MPI. Every country that has applied a financial goal to its fishery has seen their fishery collapses. The only way to manage a wild fishery is with sustainable ecological policy’s based on abundance of fish stocks. The wild public fishery of NZ should never again be classified as a primary industry. There needs to be an Ocean Department of NZ who is mandated by law to maintain an abundance of sea creatures and their habitat that they depend on for life.

Fishing industry should not be in charge of data On the issue of data management Karl Warr, a commercial skipper with more than 20 years’ experience says the fishing industry should not be in charge of data that helps drive critical fisheries decisions because it presents an ethical dilemma. Mr Warr says no fisherman wants to be in a position where they’re second guessed about the credibility of what they do each day. “Dedicated Government weigh stations would help remove some of the burden of responsibility”, Mr Warr says. MPI says there are checks and balances in place to ensure the data provided by FishServe is valid and accurate, and that the current arrangement actually saves the taxpayer money. However investigators say “there’s a web of complex relationships” between MPI and the industry and it wants to the Auditor General to look into the issue.

The criticism of the FishServe ownership structure follows revelations of a cameras-on-boats trial being awarded to a company that was also owned by fishing companies. Since the fish dumping scandal last year which revealed MPI failed to prosecute illegal fishing, Nathan Guy the former minister has said his focus is to push ahead with getting cameras on all boats. He says that will improve transparency. However his plan had some serious flaws which the new minister Stuart Nash recognized and stopped the plan ensuring that a thorough investigation be conducted on a new camera system that would work effectively and as it should – so that it can be used to prosecute offenders. And this is why the industry is in an uproar. They have been caught with their pants done and don’t like it – boohoo. Mr Warr also says while cameras

may help stop illegal behaviour, they do not address problems with the current rules which mean the “real” catch is not always known. And with in-hull cutters in many of the boats, unwanted fish is still discarded and the catch will never be known as unwanted species is chopped into berley. The new camera systems must be installed in all processing areas below deck as well. Mr Warr tows a specially designed cage behind his boat that allows small fish to swim free. His creation has led to him being nominated for an international innovation award, yet the device has been completely disregarded by the MPI. Mr Warr says the country wants to trust the commercial sector and the regulatory body, but there must be clear lines drawn in the sand. “They’re missing an opportunity to demonstrate transparency and degrees and separation”.

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Deluded Industry Leaders exposed

This is the image they didn’t want you to see. Dolphins caught in trawl nets.

Backed into a corner and refusing to admit defeat the deluded Fishing Industry leaders have been exposed having petitioned the Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash in an attempt to have the Industry protected from OIA requests. Rec fishers are slamming the commercial fishing industry’s “outrageous” request for distressing photos of discarded fish and dead seabirds to be suppressed. Stuart Nash, the Minister of Fisheries said he’s not convinced by the industry’s arguments, and won’t be changing the law. He even called the industry request an attempt at a cover-up of images of by-kill that the fishing industry described as ‘incidental interactions with seabirds and legitimate fish discards.’ It’s a classic ‘fox guarding the henhouse’ situation. MPI’s “National Plan of Action” on seabirds has failed to reduce by-kill. Time after time they have failed to prosecute blatant Fisheries Act offending. Ninety percent of our seabirds and shorebirds are now threatened with extinction, along with 28% of our marine mammal species and five out of our six penguins. It’s doubtful that the industry expected its request to Government to be made public. The commercial fishing industry wants to stop public access to videos and images of fish being discarded and dolphins, sea lions and seabirds being scooped up in trawl nets. Something they have repeatedly denied happens.

The commercial fishermen of NZ are not fishing to the rules of the QMS and never have been since the day it came into effect. This is because they have not changed their method of harvest. The commercial fishing trawl fleet has had 30 years to change their mesh from diamond mesh to T90 just like the Scottish fishers did in the North Sea to save their fishery. The Hawkes Bay Seafood trial with over 350 fishery offences and 122 offences plead guilty too by the many offenders. These disrespectful scum fishers should never fish again and the total amount of over catch should come off the quota of the sheds that made profit from the sale and be gone from the NZ quota system for ever. This may help to rebuild the bio-mass of the fishery. Assets, money, gear, must be seized. The industry has asked the Government to change the law so that the Official Information Act could not be used by journalists, competitors and other groups to access such information, saying it could damage New Zealand’s reputation which is ignoring the real problem. This is an industry that has standard practice and methods, ways of fishing that are antiquated, all that that kill or maim albatross, penguin, other seabirds - many of which are endangered, dolphins, sea lions. They are typically pretty bad at reporting any of those by-kills even though it’s a legal requirement. That’s why we need to have cameras on boats, sooner rather than later. Dr Jeremy Helson, Fisheries Inshore New Zealand Chief Executive, denies it’s a cover-up and says it’s not about trying to hide information; it’s about trying to protect people’s rights and interests. The document raises concerns about video revealing secret fishing spots, and that “potentially embarrassing” footage of paua divers getting undressed and changed into their wetsuits would be held by MPI. What the fishing industry has done again and again is position themselves to defend the very worst practices and to protect the main offenders. They know if the public can see these images of what’s actually going on out there pretty routinely with precious endangered species actually dying, the public will not accept it and demand change. University of Auckland researcher

Glen Simmons said that they don’t want their dirty laundry aired in public. Fisheries is a public resource, we own it. And surely as the owner of a resource we are entitled to see how our resource is being treated or mistreated. The Fishing industry doesn’t want the public to see what they are doing. If history is anything to go by, even if it is just MPI who see things going wrong and the public doesn’t, the chances of prosecution will be almost nil. We need more exposure of the issues, like a royal commission of inquiry, not more ways to cover up illegal and harmful practices. It must be one of the least visibly scrutinised businesses in the world. If commercial fishers are taking from a publicly owned resource, then there shouldn’t be any problem with the public knowing how they are conducting their business. Cameras are only there to catch the thieves and the criminals who are ripping off a public asset. Honest workers have nothing to fear. This is the whole countries resource so there should be accountability. The fact the fisherman don’t want to answer to the OIA shows they know they are cheating the system. Some local commercial fishermen say that some have been ripped off by the company having completed up to three weeks and sea and still waiting to be paid. The public and the world want the truth and if the new government wants voting back in they better do something about it instead of keep using stall tactics. These guys think they own the ocean. If they fish a public resource then they need to be publicly accountable. Public places in cities have public cameras and if you are sitting in your private car in the street then the public camera still watches you. The people who complain about these cameras usually have something to hide. It must be an offence to turn the cameras off and they must be below deck as well. We as kiwis highly value our recreational activities which some corporate people have taken it upon themselves to exploit to a level unseen before. Many of us were unaware of the corporates desire to destroy and take away this recreational opportunity for personal gain.

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Disgraceful Conduct Guilty pleas have been entered to more than a third of the 355 charges faced by Hawke’s Bay Seafood’s and associated companies and directors. The pleas to 122 of the charges came on December 22, the final day of the court year, and just part way through the huge trial which was into its seventh month. The companies charged were Hawke’s Bay Seafood’s, Ocean Enterprises and Esplanade No 3. The directors and managers were Antonino “Nino” Giovanni D’Esposito, Giancarlo “Joe” Harold D’Esposito and manager Marcus Giuseppe D’Esposito, along with four skippers. This is a sad day for the fishery of NZ. The scale and deliberate intent of offending in this case is shocking to the recreational and customary fishers of NZ. The very crimes that these leaders in the fishery have plead guilty to be what the industry has been deafening all these years. These people have been defending the quota management system as world leading but have knowingly been breaking its rules. In an unusual scenario, a tentative date has been set for next month to confirm the charges on which sentencing will be carried out by trial judge Bill Hastings. Sentencing is expected to involve more than 90 of the charges which generally alleged breaches of fishing regulations involving falsifying catch returns. At the start of the trial MPI prosecutor Stephanie Bishop told the court there had been deliberate and widereaching under-reporting of catches throughout a two-year period. Ms Bishop alleged offences were orchestrated “from the top” and the necessary skippers’ collusion

was gained by cash payments and continued employment. The Judge needs to sock it to these scum who destroyed the Hawkes Bay fishery without any thought for any customary or recreational fisher. Whoever made a profit from the sale of the un-quoted fish sales should be banned from any sort of fishing in NZ waters for life? That would be after they got out of jail. How can the NZ public not believe that all commercial fishers, the fish receivers and directors of fishing companies are not just greedy criminal scum of the earth? No amount of fishing industry money spent on expensive PR advertising or TV programming with celebrities in wheel chairs will fix the industry image from such deliberate offenses against the public fishery of NZ. Every NZ commercial fisher on every boat and every fish receiver and director or CEO of every fishery company should feel ashamed of themselves on a personal level. These people in the industry must have known about the offending and did nothing about these shocking fishery’s offences. This brings up the question of the character of a person in the fishing industry. At this stage only fishers holding a Maritime document must pass a fit and proper person application. That’s easy then, all the persons involved in the offending should lose their maritime documents, skipper’s tickets, deck hands and Marine Engineers and vessel survey certificate because the vessel was used for an illegal act. But the directors seem to be able to start another company and start again using the same old tricks. The sentencing for these of-

ery is a conflict of interest to the MPI requirement to manage using the guidelines of the Fishery Act a sustainable fishery for all users of the wild public fishery of NZ.

NZ fishery should be removed from the MPI portfolio leaving behind all staff including those in the MPI senior management Steve Hallie and Martyn Dunne who must surely

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be directly responsible for the depleted inshore fishery that stands before our next generation of kiwis.

fences is out of the Fishery Ministers hands because he is a fishery minister not a judge. If the Judge does impose heavy sentences on these commercial fishery offenders it could simple be a windfall for others with the same or less moral grounding to fill their shoes? How will any sentence be imposed on those who pleaded guilty rebuild the over fished fishery or the tions are too high, so Hawkes Bay? The simple answer is workers could adjust that it won’t, any rebuild must come or ameliorate the envifrom the New Fishery Minister Stuart ronment before harm Nash. The Minister now has both the is done to the product. proof and knowledge of the depth Associate Professor of offending and a close estimate Vladimir Golovko and of the tonnage of fish taken out of Associate Professor the bay over and above the susAaron Marshall have tainable amount set for the region. collaborated on proSurely the commercial quota must jects at UC for about be reduced by the same amount eight years. Chemat least for at least 5 years. The best ist Asso Prof Golovko possible outcome for the fish and provides expertise in the best deterrent from such behavcatalytic metal partiiour in the future is if the amount cles (nanomaterials of over fished quota was removed which can be synthefrom the quota system permanently. sised using chemiWe know that in one part of the cal techniques) while offending 60 ton of Blue Nose engineer Asso Prof was caught and not recorded. Marshall works on the Therefore the Hawkes Bay should forever have 60 ton less Blue Nose (From left to right) University of Canterbury researchers Dr Aaron Marshall, MSc student Ryan Kirk, and electrochemistry side. taken from it. That would mean Dr Vladimir Golovko could revolutionise nitrate monitoring in waterways with their new electrochemical The research team identified nitrates as a signifif one commercial fisher commit- sensing system. icant issue for New Zeated such crimes against a fishery it would not benefit other commercial Emerging technology being de- manual field sampling and lengthy land, looked at existing technology, fishers, in fact all commercial fishers veloped at the University of Can- and expensive laboratory testing. and identified a gap in the market in the area would suffer the loss of terbury (UC) could revolutionise The electrode is geared to work for a low-cost and reliable sensor. their share of the catch. Then as an nitrate monitoring in waterways. in waterways such as streams, Asso Prof Marshall says many counadded bonus the fishery would be- The novel electrochemical sensing groundwater, aquifers and estuar- tries have similar problems with runcome healthier as a consequence. system offers the advantages of ies. So, for example, nitrate levels off from farms or over-fertilisation. This shambles is the best exam- selectivity and high sensitivity, and could be measured and electroni- “This has huge potential for New ple of what happens when MPI when fully developed will also have cally sent to regional councils pro- Zealand and worldwide,” he says. fishery management works with long life and durability. Addition- viding real-time information on the fishing industry to enhance a ally, once the system is fully devel- waterways across catchment areas. financial goal to double the value oped, it will be able to send infor- Or a manager at a mussel farm could of the fishery exports by 2025. MPI mation wirelessly, doing away with be alerted when nitrate concentraworking with the commercial fish-

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Our Venerable Trout Fishing Forefathers – or were they? By Rex N. Gibson

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Recently a colleague made a comment about preserving the egalitarian trout fishing heritage that our forefathers had fought for. Is it a truism, an undeniable fact, or an urban myth? How dare I suggest that it is a myth, you say. There have been wonderful books and articles written about it for years. I have recently read quite a bit of archival material relating to the early Otago and Canterbury Acclimatisation societies and I seriously question whether the motives of those who founded the sport were egalitarian. My conclusion is that many were social-class-climbing ultra-conservatives. Relative to the average settler, most were the class of person that the majority of settlers had hoped to “escape” from when they left England. When you look at the composition of the Societies, and in particular those involved in trout introductions, you will find Prime Ministers, M.P.s, “Sirs”, “Venerable Archdeacons”, Provincial Superintendents, Doctors,

Judges, etc. For most settlers these were not their normal associates. Groups like the New Zealand Company, the Canterbury Association, etc., were governed by representatives of the English upper land-owning classes. New Zealand imported the English class structure as a framework for its settlements. The social disaster in areas like Russell (in the Bay of Islands) had shown the need for social frameworks that could maintain effective commerce, and hopefully law and order. The land-owning class quickly became established, especially in the South island, and soon dominated the local and national settler governing structures. Some were “younger sons” who had little prospect at home but who had the “breeding” to assume roles that allowed their expression of superiority over the “ordinary” settler in the colony. The dispersal of the land acquired by the settler government, by fair means and foul, allowed these individuals to quickly gain a social and financial status that paralleled that of the land owners at home. The next step was to recreate the lifestyle of the estate inhabitants in Britain. Unless you owned a river or forest in Britain, salmon and trout fishing, hunting for boar, deer, hares rabbits and ducks, etc., were all crimes. Being able to do these things legitimately was a sign of financial “success” and social superiority. The colony’s trout fishing forefathers on the Acclimatisation Societies were motivated by the need to experience this success/superiority. They came to New Zealand with the mind-set that Britain should rule the world; as if God had decreed it. Rep-

licating “the old country” was a major driving force; Life style included. Fishing and hunting was what the upper classes did, and they were determined to assume that role in New Zealand. To join the Canterbury Acclimatisation Society in 1864 cost you five pounds ($10). Each subsequent year it was two pounds and two shillings. At that time the average worker in Canterbury received a gross wage between 25 and 35 shillings ($2.50-$3.50) a week; and often their work (& pay) was intermittent. This financial barrier ensured the “class purity” of the societies. The standard of dress “required” added to this. The Kiwi colonists recreated the tweed and claret image. When fishing in Canterbury was permitted, in March 1875, the licence fee was one pound; over half an average wage. Trout had been first hatched there in 1867. Fees were vital for the Society of course as importations of fish, game and other familiar species were expensive. I note that the South Canterbury Society charged $4 for a fee to shoot hares between May and July around this time. Fishing and game hunting were thus the prerogative of the wealthy, just as they had been at home in Britain. The squabbles amongst these aspiring Lairds and Squires at the Societies’ meetings are fascinating to read. The English Barons of medieval times must have really inspired this lot. In true recognition of class the first trout to be cooked

Poachers netting trout

(legally) for consumption was presented to the Governor General, Sir James Ferguson in 1875. It was a 9.75 lb Avon River brown trout. Most of us descend primarily from the “other classes”. As in Britain these ancestors were priced out of fishing so some reverted to the wiles of their cousins back home. The courts quickly began to feature cases of poaching. Others sought to justify the fee with worthwhile take home catches, even if it meant bending the rules. The 1880s seem to have been a great time for fishing squabbles. The Anglers’ Society took one matter as far as to the Colonial Secretary in October 1880. The tactic worked. New regulations were gazetted. The issue at question was “the unsportsmanlike practice of cross-line fishing” in the Avon River. Two anglers, one on each side of the river, tied their lines together with a string of flies along the length. They would walk slowly along the river, “dipping as they went”. When a fish was hooked the nearest one would wind in while his partner paid out line. A difficult fish could be played backwards and forwards across the stream. Anglers could allegedly clean out the trout from a stretch of river with this method. The Anglers’ Society believed that the good work in stocking the Avon could be undone by these working class blaggards. The Colonial Secretary was suitably outraged and not only made cross-line fishing illegal but also the use of ground bait and stroke-hauling (deliberate foul hooking). These unsportsmanlike actions were usually clandestine. Fishing under the cover of night, by poachers from the “lower classes” was seen as an unfortunate imported behaviour from the “old country” (or was it those “infernal Irish”!). As a result the regula-

tions enjoined that fishing should be allowed only “between the hours of 5 a.m. and 10 p.m.” in an effort to rid the sport of “these malpractices”. Unsportsmanlike behaviour, especially poaching continued to bother angling authorities from day one. The old Canterbury court records are full of cases. The survival of the fishery was regularly cited as being under threat from such “scoundrels”. Some interesting cases came from South Canterbury. In 1899 a Thomas Moss was charged with illegally taking trout. He pleaded “Not Guilty”. He had been seen to throw something away when confronted by a ranger. On his person was found a towel and a cake of soap. He claimed to be on his way to bathe. A trout was found nearby. His worship dismissed the charge against this “clean living” man. The towel and soap evidence supported his alibi. Another man who was observed in the act of “tickling” trout claimed that he was just getting a drink and that he had found the two trout in his bag lying on the river bank. His defence, that finding trout just lying there was common, was not accepted and he went home over five pounds poorer. Fines in those days were often less than the Court costs, often about a third. These fines ranged from less than 10 shillings to three pounds. By 1903 The Timaru Herald was covering complaints about the fines being too low. In 1906 the average appears to have grown to five pounds but stayed there for 20 years. There was no Muldoon-like inflation in those days. In 1916 though there was a record of a gang of 20 poachers with lookouts (watching for rangers). In the 1920s cars were being used; a bit much for rangers on bicycles or horseback. By then a “fishing tourist” was reporting “dynamiting, liming, netting and stall-holding” and looked forward to better fishing in Rotorua. Fines were obviously not a real deterrent. Subsequently acetylene lamps (at night) and rifles were often quoted in poaching cases. Probably the most colourful poach-

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ing story was reported in both the Timaru Herald and the Ashburton Guardian. The ranger felt that as a gentleman could not search the suspect. It was a woman; in fact there were several, all bathing in the river. The suspect had on a regulation 1917 style bathing costume; probably neck to ankles. This “gentleman” ranger whilst on his patrol felt obliged to veer away when he saw the women bathing. He did note however that one was “extraordinary stout”. He thought nothing more about the matter until indisputable evidence came to light that she had been poaching. He stated with some embarrassment that “he had been duped”. Her stoutness was caused by fine well-conditioned trout that were secreted under her bathing costume. It is a good old “fishy story” about a woman who certainly would have stunned people with her exotic “perfume”. One suspects that her “Eau de Trout” fragrance would have done little to attract the local Douglas Fairbanks, or other silent movie star, look-a-likes at the local dance hall. It is a “touchy” fact for most of us to face but more of us descended from the “scoundrels” than the individuals who sought to recreate the English class structure.

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Fish mortalities likely due to natural causes However, the council’s senior water scientists say early indications are that the deaths are likely due to natural causes. The council is also aware of a similar inciSome of the dead fish found in the Waiomu Stream on the dent over the weekend at a Coromandel Peninsula. different stream Waikato Regional Council scientists further north at Tapu. believe the deaths of large numbers The fact that 1080 poison has been of fish in the Waiomu Stream on recently dropped in the Coromanthe Coromandel Peninsula recently del ranges appears to have been inare likely due to natural causes. advertently missed by the Council. The council received separate calls The WRC further stated that from two members of the public who ‘our scientists have closely exreported seeing fish floating dead amined the samples of fish colin the intertidal area of the stream, lected from Waiomu Stream and on the peninsula’s west coast. determined they are all anchovy Two on-call incident response of- – a marine species, not freshwater. ficers attended the scene to assess This was the only species found the situation and collect fish and dead in the intertidal/estuarine water samples for testing to de- area, and an autopsy on a samtermine the cause of the deaths. ple of the fish indicates they were

Book review

“The Killing Nation”

by Reihana Robinson, printed in USA by An Off the Common Book, Amherst, Massachusetts -available on Amazon. Reviewed by Tony Orman.

Government use of poisons has received much publicity from the growing number who oppose the indiscriminate use of eco-system poisons to the carefully spun emissions by government agencies such as the Department of Conservation and Tb-Free NZ supported by extreme green advocacies such as Forest and Bird. Ironically indiscriminate poisons such as 1080 and brodifacoum are not “green” but are ecosystem toxins that kill anything living that ingests them. The emissions in favour of 1080 and its sister poison brodifacoum are willingly seized upon by the media at large, either out of collaboration or sheer ignorance and naivety. However Coromandel environmental activist and researcher Reihana Robinson has produced a well-researched book the tackles head-on the deceit and corruption used to push the case for continuing and increased use of 1080. Reihana Robinson exposes New Zealand’s “Dirty

all sexually mature and likely to have spawned prior to mortality. Anchovy may spawn at various times in estuaries and bays, but particularly in late spring in New Zealand. This evidence combined points strongly to a post-spawning mortality – a not uncommon occurrence – and supports the likelihood of the deaths being due to natural causes. The two streams where fish mortalities were reported have abundant native fish populations and sensitive invertebrates which were unaffected. They also stated that they will not be testing for 1080, and will not as there have been no 1080 operations in the areas for almost two months and, expert opinion has indicated natural causes are suspected with the recent warm weather. Oh gee that’s all right then. It was two whole months ago, and we at the Waikato Regional Council believe our expert’s ‘suspicions’ are all that is needed. What ever happened to the truth? Little Environmental Secret” – the wholesale poisoning of the landscape with one of the world’s deadliest poisons - an ecosystem poison - to kill so-called pest species. It is government’s version of “conservation”. No other country has such an inane and destructive policy. New Zealand uses over 92% of the world’s use of 1080. Of course government has a vested interest in the use of 1080, on economic but definitely not environmental grounds for the very reason it through a State Owned Enterprise (SOE) owns the 1080 complex. It champions spreading of toxins which gives a cruel, horrific death to all oxygen-breathing species from birds, to small mammals (e.g. mice), to large mammals (e.g. deer) to frogs, freshwater species such as koura and eels, and invertebrates such as insects the food of many birds. Toxic carcasses remain as a new laying of baits through secondary poisoning. Reihana Robinson details the efforts by a growing number of the public to fight against the increasing use of the poison. Her exposure should be read by all including bureaucrats, politicians, visitors and indeed everyone.

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Early Bird Bait & Tackle Report

Two months ago we were complaining about all of the rain and wind, and now we are sweltering in 26 degrees and above. We have had our fair share of bad weather but the storm in early January, which coincided with a king tide, brought havoc to the coastlines of the Firth of Thames with whole communities being affected and businesses being ruined. With the storm came very strong winds which has pummelled the coastline, ripping up roads and undermining them to the extent that for a week all access was closed. Since then, the roading gangs have worked day and night to get it back to operating standards but we have been told that to have it back to how it was or better will take until the end of March and it will be ongoing after that. My hat goes off to everyone who has been involved in the maintenance of the road and verges! On the bright side of things, the road at present is completely passable

with only a few areas of one way traffic through to Coromandel Town. For all you Boaties; you have no worries getting to any of the ramps and Waikawau boat ramp is in excellent condition. I suppose the main reason that people read my report is for the fishing, well you won’t be surprised to know that it is excellent, with some really good sized snapper coming from the farms and further out on the flats. I have measured two fish over 50cm and weighed in two, both over 10lb. Most of the others that have been kept, have all been over 35cm. Kingfish are in abundance at the moment being caught on the mussel farms and just outside. One guy was even hand feeding them but as soon as he put a hook in the bait the crafty buggers went away. Most of them being landed are under 1metre in length but are putting up some good fights and are in really good condition. I have been told by some of my customers that most of the snapper being landed are females. I don’t have an explanation for this but will certainly Google it to try and solve this riddle. (Maybe most of the males are out in a mancave enjoying themselves). As what normally happens at this time of year, we have an abundance of small sharks and everyone is telling me they are like a plague out there. Don’t forget that the Firth of Thames is a breeding ground for them and acts as a nursery. When you do catch them, you don’t have to kill them just for the sake of it as what does happen. They have a place in the sea and the eco. system needs them. Kahawai are still in abundance but there doesn’t seem to be as many work-ups about. Some of the ones I saw heading to the smoker where at least 6lb and very fat with it. Pillies and Squid are excellent baits at the moment and putting either on a strayline

Trawler Bycatch Dear Sir I saw on TV3 late news Wed 16th January all the terrible bycatch of dolphin, sea birds galore etc etc that’s going on with our Commercial trawlers. And they don’t want the cameras on board so they can continue to

hide the truth and then lie about it. I knew that all this palaver on the cameras was a huge coverup for what’s really going on and it turns out that I was right. It’s about time they all changed over to long lines this way you are only targeting and catching target species. The damage and wastage that must have happened over all the past years from trawlers is horrifying. I know people who have previously worked on the trawlers and they have said that the

rig will almost certainly get you either a kahawai or kingfish. Shore fishing hasn’t been affected by the storm and some very good snapper have been caught just the other side of Thames. Stingrays are still getting caught and a few landed, but honestly, it isn’t worth wasting good fishing time getting one of these monsters in unless you want a photo for the album. While the kids are on holiday, mums and dads should be out on the water as often as possible and one lucky young lady called Jemma Rose (see photo) was out with dad onboard there own boat Idyl Hours using squid and mullet as bait and caught their limit in a short space of time. Jemma Rose is holding up one of the snapper she caught, this being the average size being caught at the moment. Whilst softbaits are becoming more popular now, normal bait is still the predominant purchase. Squid is becoming more expensive now as less and less is being landed around the world. There is a world shortage and most of the Loligo baby Squid is now used for food only and so other types of squid are coming on to the market. I have a good selection of what is available so if you want the best, come and see me. I also have an OLD STYLE BERLEY which is long lasting and comes with an onion sack. Reports have told me that it really is good stuff and lasts for ages. My other berleys include shellfish & kina and pilchard & bonito all of which are excellent. Salmon berley is also available in 1.5kg, 3kg and 4kg weights and this really is the Rolls Royce of berley. Anyway guys; enough of all this time wasting; get yourself tackled up and get out there. Come and see me with some stories and I’ll share it with everyone. Until next time, Tight Lines.

general public would be horrified at the things that have gone on for years on the trawlers. Then look at the damage the mussel harvesters are doing in the Hauraki Gulf. You only have to fish near one of the harvesters to see the amount they are losing over the side. This must have a huge effect on our sea environment. This country is miles away from its pure, clean green image with this damage to our oceans and the 1080 poison spreading that DoC are doing. And it’s getting worse. Dick Featherstone Thames

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1001 Salmon Theories

ter from the Waimakariri. Another late fishing colleague, Bernie, put great stock on linking the catches Socrates is alleged to have said that dams etc have led to its demise. with the phase of the moon. He if a man chooses a good wife he Catching this “sports fish” is, accord- had an article on the topic ready to will have a good life. If he chooses a ing to one lady member of local publish when the “big C” cut him bad wife he will become a philoso- fishing club I frequent, the most fun down. Research, in Canterbury, pher. In Canterbury most of those that you can have with your wad- shows that eels definitely respond philosophers go salmon fishing. ers on. Heart attacks whilst landing to the moon when migrating. If you spend time at any of Canter- one are not unknown. Whilst fish I hooked that fish at the bottom of bury’s salmon river mouths you get of over 40 lbs have been caught in the main channel, yet many believe to chat with all the philosophers and N.Z., 30 lb is rare and most are be- that most salmon travel up the side soothsayers of the fishing world. tween 10 and 24 lbs. For the young- of this channel where the current They are the regular salmon fishers. sters amongst you a kilogram is is easier, and so the theories go on. On 99% of the occasions when approximately 2.25 pounds (lbs). Two of the three salmon caught fish are caught it seems, to most The world record is 97.25 lbs that day were hooked on the left of us on the bank, to be a ran- set in Alaska’s Kenei River in hand side of the jaw (including dom event. I was at the Waima- 1985. Dead fish over 100 lbs mine). Think about it! If the fishkariri mouth in mid-February have been found and the larg- ermen were on the north side of last year and caught a 9.6 kg Chi- est caught at sea, off British Co- the river and the fish were headnook, or King, or Quinnat salmon. lumbia, was 126 lbs, in the 1970s. ing upstream “where would the Yes, it has three common names. On one occasion in the 1990s I was hook be most likely to be set?” It is also known as Oncorhyn- fishing at the Waimak mouth and The most likely theory is that these chus tshawytscha. This “scientific” noticed the late Ron Corney stand- fish were heading downstream. name is a unique mixture of Latin ing and watching the action. I asked One theory is that there wasn’t and “Latinised” Native American “why?” He had left his reel behind. I enough water above Macintosh’s languages. Latin is chosen by sci- lent him my spare. He then proceed- hole where the river is joined by the entists as it is a dead language. ed to catch a 23 lb and a 33 lb salm- Kaiapoi River (about a km further Being “dead” it doesn’t change in on while I went “fishless”. In February up), so they decided to go back. the way that English is constantly my experience had a similar compo- Another is that they were spending changing. It also solves squabbles nent. My overhead reel was playing time in the lower reaches “acclimabetween “peacock” nations who up so I had fitted an old “eggbeater” tising” to the fresh water. Yet anoththink that their language should that I kept as a spare. It may even er suggests that they circled around dominate the world of science. be the one that I lent old Ron. to “kill” the lure. Take your pick. EveEven the name for a fish scientist, I hooked a salmon well out in rybody there had a different theory. an Ichthyologist, comes from Latin. 2012 and had a great tussle get- Theories abound on which lure is We usually just call them salmon, ting it in; probably the longest I best; colorados, ticers, z spinners from the Latin word “salmo”. It is have ever had. The clutch was a and a dozen other variations that believed to have come from the ‘bit tired’ but after a long battle I I often do not know the name of. word salire, which means “to leap”. had my first salmon since the Can- There are about a dozen differOur Canterbury stocks were intro- terbury quakes. The tussle even ent colours in use and a range of duced in the first decade of the drew applause. That’s not usual! weights as well as bits of “bling”. 20th Century. A major effort was This is where the theories come in. Some people rush up and see based on a hatchery alongside the There were over 100 fishing there what the last salmon was caught lower Hakataramea River in South that day. Only three salmon were on and change to that variety. Canterbury. It is believed that our landed. The water temperature was The best position on the bank is also salmon came from the McCloud 17 degrees. Many believe that is very debateable. Personally I prefer River in California. You may re- about the maximum for salmon to the narrowest part of the river (less call the hosting of Native Ameri- enter the river. It was caught just af- distance to cast), but may want to cans from near there, by Fish and ter the big rush of water had gone get as close to the sea as possible. On Game, Ngai Tahu, etc, a few years out from the Brooklands Lagoon. person told me that there are “lucky” ago. 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more likely to catch something. The apparent random nature of salmon fishing success in the discoloured waters of our major, glacier-fed, rivers is fertile ground for theories, science, pseudo-science, conspiratory theorists, astrology, and people who just like to come up with a different idea. We have all heard those who blame their lack of success on “foreign” fishermen catching “their” salmon off-shore. I am sure that Aristotle, Socrates

and Plato must also have been fishermen. So must have been the grandfathers of Algebra. Algebra is the system of using a few known factors to determine related unknowns. This is surely the basis of salmon fishing philosophies. Several years ago I was the only one to get a salmon two Saturdays in a row. Imagine the theories that this sparked. Personally I believe it was because I stopped at mid tide, both days, and ate a banana,

much to the disgust of another friend, “old Ted”. If this means nothing to you, then Google: “Fishermen, bananas and superstition”. For facts I rely on Ross Millichamp’s update of his 1997 salmon fisherman’s “bible”, ‘Salmon Fever’. There is precious little good literature available to us salmon addicts, still I think many love coming up with their theories. Rex N Gibson

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