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Statement
United Future
30
August 2004
Baldock:
Moment of truth over fisheries
The Greens and ACT will face moments of truth for very different
reasons when an amendment to remove kahawai from the Quota Management
System is voted on in Parliament tomorrow, United Future fisheries
spokesman Larry Baldock says.
"ACT have to decide how deeply held their commitment to individual
freedoms and liberty really runs. What better exemplifies that than
the right of the average Kiwi to go fishing as they have for generations?
"And if the Greens fail to back it, they will likely be the
first Green party anywhere in the world to actively support the
marine destruction wrought by purse seine fishing," Mr Baldock,
sponsor of the amendment to the Fisheries No3 Amendment Bill, said
today.
Parliament would have to answer to a very sizeable recreational
fishing electorate if they don't back the amendment, he said.
"This is strongly about a fair go for the average Kiwi and
their right to get out with a line and catch fish that they have
been catching for generations. It's a birthright that should not
be sold out."
Contact:
| Larry Baldock |
027 662 2896 |
| Mark Stewart, Press Secretary |
027 293 4314 |
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