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| Long finned eel in Mangaiti Stream need protection |
The Long Finned eel is really heading towards extinction. It
is just a pity that bureaucracy could not move a little faster to prevent this
from happening.
To quote a letter to the editor “The Sunday Star Times July
14, 2019”
What a fascinating and
eye opening article by Charlie Mitchell on the sad state of the New Zealand
long finned eel (Focus July 7). Why has the moratorium on commercially fishing
these as recommended by Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment Dr Jan
Wright in 2013 not happened? And, as highlighted in the piece, why does killing
a kereru merit a $100,000 fine or a year in prison, yet the much more
endangered eel is allowed to be minced in dam turbines or caught and exported
live?
It’s madness.
Fiona McAllister, Mt Maunganui
Here is the link to Charlie Mitchell’s article: www.stuff.co.nz/environment/113450351/managed-to-extinction-are-we-at-risk-of-losing-our-creature-of-mystery It is a really good read.
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