We have two interesting stories from Australia today.
The first covering the shark nets at Bondi Beach and how they catch on 1/10th of target species.(see video below)
The second story regards the Government backing out of The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals.
Basically they are opting out on protecting five shark species, due to the fact they have laws in place that already protect the sharks and it would put undue stress on fishing operations.
,Senior program manager at Humane Society International, Alexia Wellbelove told the Sydney Morning Herald
“It’s a very sad day for protection of the marine environment if we take the easy road and opt of these things, rather than taking steps to protect our domestic waters.”
Environment Minister Greg Hunt replied in a letter to Human Society International, saying Australia already has “strong domestic measures in place” for the shark species in question and this did “not negate our support for international action related to these species, or for shark conservation more broadly”.
“The Australian government will continue to actively participate in shark conservation under the convention as a signatory of the Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks, and through $4.6 million funding for shark research and conservation activities.”
You can read the full article Here
