A whale of a tale

Has anyone read the front page of the west Australian today, you can't miss the very large headlines "Cray industry Threat".
It appears that Tony Burk A.K.A. he who sleeps with P E W has sent that great treasurer/fisheries minister a letter threatening that "if you don't fix this problem then I will probably remove your right to export" Mr Buswell said
The letter is in reference to the large number of whales being caught up in the ropes of cray pots. According to Mr Buswell there are usually only three entanglements each year as whales migrate up the west coast to breeding grounds of the Kimberly, but the number has risen to about 20 since May. I wonder where this number came from
Strange I can't remember the coast being covered in dead whales who have been killed by becoming entangled in cray pot ropes, or seeing on the news every second night stories about whales being saved by Fisheries or D E C officers cutting ropes off them.
It's also a bit strange that the Western Rock Lobster Council chairman Basil Leano said " that though he thought Canberra's warning was less severe than Mr Buswell suggested, the loss of the industry's live export licence would be disastrous"
It would be interesting to see how this number of 20 came about, now I'm sure this Burk wouldn't tell porkies at the instigation of P E W - or would he?


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yep read it

Sat, 2013-07-27 19:52

tony burke is a total tosser

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dont agree with you on a lot

Sat, 2013-07-27 20:03

don't agree with you on a lot mate but on this one I do agree surprised the pro fisherman haven't got together and organized for him to be introduced him to Davey Jones locker

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Yep,

Sun, 2013-07-28 07:41

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why dont we just export the

Sun, 2013-07-28 07:48

why dont we just export the entangled whales to japan

with the $$ the japs save to not have to go down south for research purposes they can then buy more rock lobster

win win situation

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 Use the dead whales as cray

Sun, 2013-07-28 08:15

 Use the dead whales as cray bait? That way they don't go to waste and we done lose schools of salmon to bait fishermen every year..... Win/Win

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Now that is some smart thinking

Sun, 2013-07-28 17:11

I like that line of thought Stevef.