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A STATEMENT ON THE SUPER TRAWLER
The news today that the super trawler Geelong Star has killed two more seals is simply dreadful. This apparently seems to bring the vessel’s gruesome tally to nine dolphins and fourteen seals, making the Geelong Star every bit as deadly as its opponents warned.
The fact remains that these monster ships are very bad for the environment, deplete local fish stocks and put at risk other commercial fishing operations as well as tourism ventures.
They’ve already gutted fisheries elsewhere in the world and it beggars belief that the Australian Government is delighted to have one of the awful things in our waters.
The Geelong Star should be banned immediately and sent packing. If it’s to remain in Australia, perhaps it could be turned into a monument to bad politicians making bad decisions.
Independent Member for Denison Andrew Wilkie