| No Take Invert poster
Thanks guys.
I thought the flambouyant cuttlefish and the wonderpus would wake people up!
I feel equally as passonate about blue hepatus tangs as they are the first species wiped out whereever the "traditional" fish trade sets up shop.
Futhermore, we have already banned our own lecokranos and percula clownfish anemones from the get go as species to not take at all.
The total allowable catch [ TAC] would be automatically small with regards to rarer species right off the bat. This smaller number will come from the survey numbers which will no doubt be small.
We can ban many species but then they are not bestowed with value. A small , legal allowable export number gives them value and a legal mechanism to control the take.
They should no doubt be reserved for breeder projects and with input as this with every turn, we will no doubt build a large body of recommendations on other species as well that should see a controlled , thoughtful 'TAKE".
We have already just put together a No Take List of fishes ie. unsuitable species and a vinyl poster for each collecting village to regard permanantly. An invert no take list could be developed as well!
Would there be enough contributions from you guys to compose one?
It needs about 20 items to fill out a nice poster as the fish one did.
More comments? We welcome lots more consciousness raising, consensus building inputs as a matter of routine evolution in tne PNG PROJECT!
Sincerely,
Steve |