The Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society has a petition calling for an urgent review of the management of NZ sea lions – If you are as concerned as we are about this latest threat to one of New Zealand’s ‘nationaly critical’ species please sign up and share the link.
For more background on the petition visit F&B sea lion appeal 2012 and check out this short TV3 News item.
“A University of Otago expert on rare New Zealand Sea Lions says the Government’s proposed radical policy change which he is certain will endanger the species comes despite two of its own departments producing conflicting advice on the issue.”
A recently released position paper describes MAFs proposed management of the Auckland Island Squid Fishery for the 2012 season. This includes NO sea lion bycatch limit! MAF claims recent science has shown the fishery is not responsible for killing sea lions and therefore reducing the sea lion population. Continue reading