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Sun, Sep 02 2012 16:46:24

Super trawler not fazed by protests

See how the community has reacted to the FV Margaris as the super trawler waits in SA for approval to begin fishing off Tasmania.

  1. Greens leader Christine Milne reacts to the planned renaming of the super trawler:
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    Christine Milne@senatormilne
    Adding insult to injury, #supertrawler Margiris to be re named, Abel Tasman. Shame!
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 22:19:41
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    Christine Milne@senatormilne
    @jewelsparkle3 Only Greens oppose super trawler and have moved in Senate to disallow the quota but Labor and Coalition support the Margaris.
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 22:08:58
  4. Greenpeace confronted the Margaris last week at Port Lincoln in South Australia, while ABC readers also shared their thoughts about the trawler on Facebook:
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    Pavel Klinckhamers@GP_Pavel
    Bad joke: #margiris renamed to #AbelTasman, but due to controversy afraid to dock in Tasmanian port!
    Sun, Sep 02 2012 06:38:27
  6. Greenpeace confronts super trawler
    Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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    Wed, Aug 29 2012 17:00:00
  7. Mike Kay
    Mike Kay
    Another case of a company ignoring social license. And bombastically riding roughshod over due and correct process. There lack of transparency and the ships history should be more than enough to scuttle this obscene venture.
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 22:01:49
  8. Mike Kay
    Mike Kay
    And changing its name to Abel Tasman only shows the company thinks Tasmanians are stupid and easily fooled.
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 22:03:52
  9. Andi Colt
    Andi Colt
    MS Abel Tasman was a ferry that ran from Melbourne to Devonport from 1985-1993. Don't give it to a destructive trawler. We can only hope the old superstition of sailors to never change a ship's name might hold true in this case.
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 21:03:51
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    Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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    Wed, Aug 29 2012 17:00:00
  11. Janet Hebson
    Janet Hebson
    The name may change that does not make the activity of this vessel and its owners and operators appropriate. Just plain greed without a thought of the consequences for the future of the fish population and the local fishermen and women.
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 22:36:35
  12. Kristy Alger
    Kristy Alger
    I'd rather they renamed it the Titanic, with the same results.
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 21:55:01
  13. Steven Kearney
    Steven Kearney
    I hope it gets approved! We need all the commercial fishing we can get!
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 21:40:15
  14. Greenpeace confronts super trawler
    Greenpeace Australia Pacific
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    Wed, Aug 29 2012 17:00:00
  15. Nara King
    Nara King
    They should change their name to "Money Over Environment"
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 20:59:39
  16. Marlene Hastings
    Marlene Hastings
    How dare they. How dare the Australian Labor Government. Am convinced it wouldn't matter how much us Aussies objected to the whole thing taking place. The Ballot Box is the only way to show our rage @ Gov. Policy AGAINST Public Interest.
    Sat, Sep 01 2012 21:17:40

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