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The answer is only difficult in a "yes/no" world. Simple enough to answer with: "I never have beaten my wife, I do not beat my wife now and I have no intention of beating her in the future" For good measure, one could add to the answer: "I also will not allow anyone else to beat my wife nor...

Jenn - I hope nothing I have ever said suggests I think I deserve answers more than anyone else based on my being a science geek ... my qualifications are simply different ... Questions should be answered regardless of who asks them when an organisation is working at the public interface...

James- thanks again My point is that this isn't about MAC being stretched incredibly thin ... all NGOs are ... most resource managers are ... If it was simply a question of being stretched thin, I would eventually get an answer (3 months for a simple yes/no is pretty damning but possible)...

Thank you Seamaiden ... Also, thank you James ... but if I wasn't part of the "debacle" and given I kept my initial questions polite, professional, and supported with info ... how come I don't warrant the courtesy of a response from MAC ? Cheers, Blue hula

Silence is golden because it kills debate. ...Dead debate means programs aren't evaluated. ......Unevaluated programs look good and continue to attract funding. ..........Renewed funding is the gold that keeps NGOs in business while fish and fishers flounder. MAC, I salute you for your...

John, You know who I am (name, rank and serial number at any rate) and you don't answer my questions (and remember, there were only two simple ones ...) Paul Holthus also has met me face to face and silence continues to reign supreme from that corner as well. Geez, I guess the rules just keep...

thanks for sharing that Mitch ... ... a great sentiment for the New Year Happy Christmas to all from Down Under, jessica

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Kalk, you're yet again mixing apples and oranges ... A cyanide test would be done on a fish. It would indicate whether or not the fish in question had been recently exposed to cyanide. It is a yes / no question (with some error / false positives). There is nothing to scale it up to ... the...

Kalk, I don’t actually care two figs whether it works in a reef tank or not … a reef tank is an artificial environment. In research, looking at a reef tank is called an experiment. Most ecologists recognise that lab doesn’t necessarily translate to the real world and that you have to look at...

G'day all, I've kind of picked apart James' comments ...not a flame James and please don't take it personally ... you've just stated it more clearly than some others ... Public meetings are part of the resource management / conservation / public policy game, particularly if you are an NGO...

MAC should take a page out of AA - the first step is to recognise you have a problem. I don't think any of us with busy lives wouldn't be thrilled to see MAC get the job done without involvement. And most compelling is the condition of the reefs and the fishers ... that's what drives people...

Kalk, Last time your somewhat chaotic illogical style was pointed out,you claimed it was because you only have a few minutes here and there to post. If such disruptions are truly happening between 1 and 5 am, my only conclusion is that you must be breastfeeding twins that don't sleep. Blue hula

It does NOT cover the GBR. The inshore fishery extends to the western end of the lagoonal system of the GBR (i.e. the western boundary of the GBR) and focuses on rivers, estuaries and bays – NOT reef. Plus, none of the species listed as major catch are reef associated species. – see page 101...

I'm still unclear why higher prices are needed (or if they are even happening under the current system ...) If you don't have to buy cyanide ... and if you're well trained so that you can effectively catch fish .... why is the incentive needed? (oops, there's that nasty properly trained thing...

Let me guess what you want for Christmas, Mary ... A reliable CDT in place? Thanks for the laugh. Jessica

Why certify them at all ? Why not do the training and start by just selling uncertified healthier (net-caught) fish that people like better because they don't die ? Then, once you've got it going, certify them as "net caught". Shout it to the heavens. Then go and do resource assessments and...

Ya know, I thought I could leave it alone but this is like a zit you can't keep from picking. It would help to "not miss things" if you actually provided the correct links and even talked about the correct fishery (inshore does not equal coral reef). There is indeed a lot of information out...

Kalk, what the website actually said was that: "Where the information was available, possession limits have been set at a point where 90% of angler trips have caught less than, or equal to, the possession limits specified without participants on those trips having to forego catches. "...

Mike, I absolutely agree that they need Filipino (and Indonesian and Fijian) biologists in the field, getting wet, doing the fisheries / MPA side of the work. In my experience, the individuals willing to do this kind of hands on field work tend to be relatively young and early in their careers...