One of the two bycatch incidents that revealed two dead orca occurred within a whale sanctuary.Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones revealed in a parliame…
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Another orca dead in a sanctuary? Ffs, what's the point of having a sanctuary if bycatch is still happening there. Shane Jones better pull his finger out.
exactly, sanctuary means nothing if they don't patrol it. what a joke.
this is so heartbreaking 😞 we need better fishing gear or something. how many more have to die before they do something?
absolute bullshit. they should have cameras on all boats in the sanctuary.
Two orcas in a month??? That's insane. And one right in the sanctuary. Total failure of protection.
nah, the fishers are trying to do the right thing but the systems broken. Blame the govt, not the fishermen.
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I know the fishers probably feel terrible, but the rules need to be clearer. If you're in a sanctuary, you shouldn't be using nets that kill orcas. Simple.
It's so sad. We need to protect them better.
Poor orcas. They're such intelligent creatures. We need more respect for our ocean life.
yeah but the fishers are the ones using the nets...
sanctuary my arse. Just a name on a map if they don't enforce anything. Shane Jones is all talk.
lol Shane Jones probably doesn't even know where Kaikōura is on a map
wait so the fisher reported it and still nothing changes? that's so messed up. what's the point of reporting then?
