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GREEN PARTY OF CANADA MEDIA RELEASE TUESDAY MARCH 25, 2003 For Immediate Release Contacts: Eugene Leger Newfoundland Federal Representative (709) 738-1203 greengene65@yahoo.ca Jim Harris, Leader (416) 467-6006 leader@green.ca Gretchen Schwarz, Communications Chair (819) 647-6297communications@green.ca GREEN PARTY FISHERY POLICY ENDORSED BY FEDERAL FISHERY COMMITTEE Canada Must Continue to Work to Save our Oceans "The Green Party of Canada welcomes the Liberal governmentıs Federal Fishery Committeeıs 19 recommendations," said Federal Green Party Leader Jim Harris, "but more urgent action is required." "The Federal Fishery Committee has finally called for a Capelin Fishery Moratorium,² said Harris. "We welcome this; in fact, it is long overdue." A capelin moratorium has been Newfoundland and Labrador Green Party policy since 1996 when Newfoundlandıs David Pinsent first submitted it, and it has been Green Party of Canada Federal policy since 2000. The Liberal governmentıs Federal Fishery Committee has quoted the Green Party of Canada practically verbatim on this very important and pressing issue. The Green Party believes that the Canadian government has not dealt with the problems that Atlantic Canada must face. In response to this concern, the Terra Nova Greens Newfoundlandıs Green Party Association - and the Green Party of Canada created the Green Party's Atlantic Fishery Policy Review. A keystone of this is a capelin moratorium. Included in this Atlantic Fishery Policy review is the fact that draggers must be banned. The Green Party of Canada recognizes the unsustainability of industrial draggers that rape the oceans. In addition, more maritime habitat reserves are needed. Canada has only one at this time. We believe that we must act quickly to save the fragile North Atlantic bio-mass. The Green Party strongly promotes the establishment of marine-protected areas in Canada. In the coastal environment, public access would not be denied; instead, strict limits on fishing and development would be imposed. Marine parks and reserves would protect the nursery grounds for many marine fish species, including cod and the barndoor skate. The Grand Banks, The Hamilton Bank, and other fishing areas are highly productive areas which play an important role in any marine ecosystem. Establishing several marine protected areas would help maintain biodiversity while guarding important fish habitat. "Of course the Green Party supports the Inshore Fishery as a viable, sustainable livelihood for residents of this region", Harris added. The Green Party believes that commercial fishing quotas should be transferred from corporations to individuals living in fishing communities. Using small boat technology, more of these folks can become active while applying less fishing pressure on commercial species. Reducing the number of draggers scouring the ocean floor will help to protect this crucial habitat as well as to significantly decrease the amount of by-catch and undersized species caught in commercial fishery. "The Green Party recognizes the need to build an ecologically sound policy on the Atlantic Fisheries in Newfoundland and Labrador, and is determined to create a sustainable fishing industry in Atlantic Canada," stated Green Party Communications Chair Gretchen Schwarz. "We welcome the report but call for more action," said Green Party Federal Representative for Newfoundland, Eugene Leger. "The Governmentıs Federal Fisheries Committee report also calls for a dramatic increase in the seal fishery. In contrast, the Green Party demands that a limited seal harvest should be implemented and only when markets are available for the whole animal. A seal harvest should not be rationalized as an attempt to enhance cod or other fisheries," explained Leger. The Green Party of Canada, with members in every region of the country, is part of a global Green movement motivated by the desire to find solutions to global and regional problems. The Green Party of Canada ran candidates in 111 ridings in the 2000 Federal Election. Green Party members have been elected in Europe, the United States, Canada, South America, Australia, and New Zealand. -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- SUST-MAR TIP: tell your friends how to join sust-mar! To join, just send "subscribe sust-mar" to majordomo@chebucto.ca CBC enviro news-briefs follow: -*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*- PROVINCE LOSING COASTLINE, NDP WARNS The provincial government is letting too many Americans buy up Nova Scotia's coastline, according to a New Democrat MLA. 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