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SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD - GET THE FACTS FIRST - BUY SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD

Press Logo to watch a message from the Marine Stewardship Council

With the publicity generated by the documentary "End of the Line" the public has the right to be concerned about fish stocks. However please keep these points in mind;

• SA does not have industrialised fisheries and most are owner operator/small business owners with small vessels
• SA and Australia have some of the most conservatively managed fisheries in the world
• SA has one fishery MSC certified as sustainable - Lakes and Coorong Fishery
• SA has two species endorsed by the Aust Conservation Foundation – Coorong Mullet and SA King Prawn
• Degradation of habitat and pollution are the TWO MOST SIGNIFICANT ISSUES in the preservation of fish stocks i.e.loss of seagrass beds and destruction of mangrove areas where the majority of fish species breed and juveniles are protected
• Commercial fishing has minimal impact on total fish stocks in SA - there have been huge cutbacks over the past 30 years.
• Poaching and availability of black market fish have a huge impact on fish stocks likely to be greater than  any commercial operations.
• If the SA Public want to have confidence in their fish stocks then don’t buy or accept  fish  from unlicensed operators
• Marine Parks will not prevent pollution and loss of seagrass and destruction of mangrove areas
• Many of the areas that are prime fish breeding areas are not included in the current Marine Park boundaries , and rehabilitation of these areas are critical
• Desalination plants have an unknown impact on fish stocks, there are several of these touted for SA around our gulfs.

 

The Public are urged to only buy fish from licensed fishers and processors

And call for Marine park adjacent to Adelaide's coastline and in the upper Gulf

What was the Coorong like before??

See Frank Gibbs describe the abundance prior to the barrages

being put in and Salt Creek water diverted.

We have achieved Marine Stewardship Council Certiciation

as  a well managed, sustainable fishery!

However the Lakes and Coorong are in crisis and it is not our fault!

Read how the area is coping with the Lower Lakes Snapshot

Read the Fishing Industry perspective in the Issues Paper.

SFA supports the A Commonsense Community Action Plan produced by the

The River, Lakes and Coorong Action Group Inc.

on their site www.stoptheweir.com

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