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there is little to be gained by line fishermen if the moratorium were to be lifted, because due to the low value of marlin meat it is likely that only the dead ones would be landed, and then for just a small return. Targeting marlin is not commercially viable and if Mr Cawker knew even a little bit about the billfish market he would know that, so I can only assume that it is his intention to be misleading. In one paragraph Mr Cawker denies that the moratorium is in place to make it easy for recreational and charter fishermen to catch marlin, but in the next he agrees that the billfish moratorium is in place, in his words, "to protect and enhance the multi-million dollar industry of game fishing," for example, commercial fishing. It's seldom that recreational fishermen publically admit that the charter industry is commercial and I thank Mr Cawker for doing so, because it begs the question as to why commercial charter operators pay nothing for the resource. It is illogical that charter operators don't have to pay for and hold ACE for the species they are catching and from which they are earning a living. This is something else that needs to be reconsidered. Again, I thank Mr Cawker for bringing it to the public's attention. It is also interesting that Captain A has nothing to say about the merits of catching thousands of marlin every year, torturing and tormenting them for hours on end, only to then photograph and release them. Mind you, I can't imagine how he would go about justifying it. Stu Morrison, Altair Fishing Limited, Nelson ANTIFOUL DISOBEDIENCE Dear Sir You have covered it in a nutshell in your submission story to the EPA in the latest issue of Professional Skipper. Where do these folk get their ideas from? Or are they university dreamers trying to justify their existence? I am sorry, when I tried to talk to these people in Wellington, most are foreigners and would have little knowledge of what we do or even the history of the fishing and shipping industry for that matter. Clearly they have no knowledge of boaties or what we do and how we look after our boats and the marine environment. Most of us older boaters cannot afford to pay the yard costs and special applicators as they suggest. You have said it better than most could, we only hope they listen. The alternative will result in boaties' DIY civil disobedience. D Mercer, boat owner, Auckland INCIDENTS REPORTS Dear Sir I note the welcome return of maritime incidents as these are a very informative learning tool. But the way Maritime New Zealand are sanitising them raises the validity of them being factual and correct. I struggle to see why the vessel cannot be named, because then most would have a better idea of what type and size of vessel involved and picture what happened. At the moment we are left second guessing. I think the maritime officials are getting too PC in trying to sanitise the reports. Yes, I made a mistake once, but I don't need protecting. The old reports were much better and we read it and got on with it. Now guys will be looking for some idiot over their shoulder, thinking who was that? This name suppression stuff is wrong. Ron Jamieson, Hutt Valley COPPER ANITFOUL Dear Sir I have just read your article on banning antifouling in the latest edition of Professional Skipper. It's a great article and well argued, although that may never appease the greens. I'm writing because I have been involved in this issue before and as a scientist was asked to write a summary of the research for a group of boaties at Westhaven. One point you mentioned, which is really important, is the need to keep our waters as clear as possible of the foreign invading species, like the sea squirt etc. The other point, which I came across in my research, is that the people complaining about copper antifouling are often measuring the incorrect thing when looking at the copper present in harbours and marinas. Much of the copper ion, the cuprous ion Cu2+, is actually chelated to organic compounds in the mud on the seabed, and as such is not in an active or toxic form anyway. Thus the actual toxicity is much less than quoted. Also, the biological evidence is actually that copper antifouling is not toxic enough! 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