FIY Backstory Southland Times News Desk 28th September 2014
I read on your Front page yesterday that Fish and Game are arguing with DOC about the public eating fish from 1080 effected areas in Southland.
I have been expecting to see a front page headline POISONED judging from local Fiordland gossip but I thought it would read Lake Manapouri POISONED, not Toxic Swedes.
There are some in DOC that think warning signs should be posted about toxic Trout but they are not allowed to break rank and talk to the media or they will loose their jobs
As a Person in the Tourist industry we get a portion of our income from the lucrative Fishing business generated by our pristine near perfect wilderness and If we get a bad wrap
Over 1080 it will never go away, DOC dose not understand, Toxins like 1080 are Feared no matter how diluted they get or how long they have to dissipate...
And they Plan to do this every time there is a Beech Mast ? BTW locals agree there was NO sign of a massive Beech Flowering this time around so is DOC incompetent or doing some thing sinister? History says almost all evil from Government Departments is from incompetence... But I will let you decide on that.
To me It seems more like blind arrogance.
I asked and they do not know how many Yellowheads they are protecting in the Iris Burn Valley... they might have cost the Taxpayer 100k
Per Bird ! Or More
There is a chance the 1080 can kill them all as well as the Bats, and definitely Hawks and Falcon WILL die as well as any Weka in the area as will they all eat dying rodents,
This is all known to DOC but they also know in the Wilderness there is no one to hold them to account.
This is all a seriously stupid game to play.
I read on your Front page yesterday that Fish and Game are arguing with DOC about the public eating fish from 1080 effected areas in Southland.
I have been expecting to see a front page headline POISONED judging from local Fiordland gossip but I thought it would read Lake Manapouri POISONED, not Toxic Swedes.
There are some in DOC that think warning signs should be posted about toxic Trout but they are not allowed to break rank and talk to the media or they will loose their jobs
As a Person in the Tourist industry we get a portion of our income from the lucrative Fishing business generated by our pristine near perfect wilderness and If we get a bad wrap
Over 1080 it will never go away, DOC dose not understand, Toxins like 1080 are Feared no matter how diluted they get or how long they have to dissipate...
And they Plan to do this every time there is a Beech Mast ? BTW locals agree there was NO sign of a massive Beech Flowering this time around so is DOC incompetent or doing some thing sinister? History says almost all evil from Government Departments is from incompetence... But I will let you decide on that.
To me It seems more like blind arrogance.
I asked and they do not know how many Yellowheads they are protecting in the Iris Burn Valley... they might have cost the Taxpayer 100k
Per Bird ! Or More
There is a chance the 1080 can kill them all as well as the Bats, and definitely Hawks and Falcon WILL die as well as any Weka in the area as will they all eat dying rodents,
This is all known to DOC but they also know in the Wilderness there is no one to hold them to account.
This is all a seriously stupid game to play.
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