Karli Thomas

Ocean conservation with a kiwi accent. Tweeting my own mind.

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

Jono Ridler, what an absolute legend. “I want my generation to be the generation that says, not “do you remember how good it used to be?” but “do you remember how bad it used to be?”” 🩵🌊🐟⛰️🪸 https://t.co/CjKAKBM9qP

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

@chrisluxonmp The whole bill needs to go in the bin in its entirety, and rec fishers and other voters will not be happy if National wastes Select Committee and all our time trying to fix something this broken. It's Jones backing the industrial trawl industry over everything else. Kill the Bill

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

Local government in Aotearoa is stepping up on behalf of the kiwi people to protect our ocean from bottom trawling, meanwhile the government and trawl industry are hell-bent on keeping this last-century fishing method afloat. https://t.co/S4UB1yEHd4

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

Bottom trawling fish that can live for two centuries, off from seamounts where they go to breed, and "oops" also dragging up corals that can be thousands of years old (sometimes tonnes at a time)... New Zealand sustainable fisheries my arse. https://t.co/ecVLqHf5wp

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

@Dr_SaebGaza Wishing you and your family, friends, neighbours, community and nation safety, peace and recognised statehood 🇵🇸

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

Against advice from his own officials, NZ Minister of Oceans & Fisheries (actually, screw the ocean, just fisheries) tries to put his dodgy decisions above the law & divorce catch limits from environmental damage. Deranged & ego-maniacal spring to mind. https://t.co/RbQSHCA9Am

[Bryce Edwards @bryce_edwards]

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[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

This from Environmental Law Initiative, whose repeated legal victories against unlawful and risky fisheries decision-making by successive Ministers have got @shanejonesmp so riled that he's shaken his whole bag of playground insults out on national radio https://t.co/WLeD4TJJBi

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

The latest fisheries f***uppery from our Minister, firmly in the pocket of the bottom trawl industry. Highlights include the ability to put fisheries mgmt on auto-pilot ...suffice to say, that's not gone well for near-collapse Chatham Rise orange roughy. https://t.co/88YigfJhBS

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

@GreenpeaceNZ “These reforms will mean more destruction, more decline in fish populations, and will allow the industry to go back to operating in the dark – hiding the impact they have.” - Ellie Hooper. https://t.co/VtBcAKlab3

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

@WWF-New Zealand @KaylaKingdon responds: "Yet again the bombastic Jones is pandering to his mates in industry at the expense of the public interest. These amendments will further undermine the industry’s social license, which is already pretty tenuous." https://t.co/9J0Jcgn5Ke

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

Other pearlers include changing the law to stop enviro groups from legally challenging the Minister over unlawful fishery decisions (ie, attempting to put oneself above the law). If nothing else, this shows the impact the Environmental Law Initiative's excellent work is having.

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

@GreenpeaceNZ @mangonui08 Our ocean deserves better than how we're treating it, and you’ve shone a spotlight on that - from the shark fishing in the Tasman Sea to the devastating bottom trawling on the Chatham Rise. Thank you, O.B.A.! 🌈🕊️

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

@GreenpeaceNZ @mangonui08 Fair winds & following seas! Good thing you have a sense of humour on the infantile insults of (how embarrassing) our Minister of oceans and fisheries. Who knew someone could go from primary school playground to parliament without losing the bullying attitude and lame put-downs.

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

@JDevarajan @helenscales Hi Jagadish, where was this on sale & do you know if it's still sold? Most of the fishery is now suspended from MSC due to an invalid stock assessment... but horrifying that MSC certified this fishery in the first place. Literally scraping the bottom of the barrel, and the ocean.

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

Excellent podcast from @TheDetailNZ ~ sadly the title says it all about NZ govt's attitude to ocean health: Protecting our fishers from conservation efforts. Instead, we need to #DefendTheDeep @AlexiaRussell3 @AndrewBevin9 @KaylaKingdon @BiancaRanson @DeepSeaConserve

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

Taranaki community protests NZ Govt attempt to 'fast track' seabed mining that's already been rejected by highest court in the land. “This community is bigger than a party, we are not here for a three-year term, we are here forever.” @KASM_NZ @Maori_Party https://t.co/IRC1bfIrdB

[Deep Sea Research Centre @deepseauwa]

Rare 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘢 sighting 🦑

While exploring Tonga Trench this month at 3,300m we captured footage of the elusive 𝘔𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘢 squid. Our gift to you for #Squidtember!

@Hadalbloke
@uwanews
@InkfishExplore

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

Overfishing baked into New Zealand fisheries management: Three options from Fisheries NZ allow orange roughy to keep declining to as low as 10%, one option would halt decline (just) none of the options see any increase over 5 yrs. #StopTrawlingSeamounts https://t.co/nsSEntorWw

[Karli Thomas @savethefush]

NZ government rolls out the red carpet to fast-track seabed mining, so companies that have been refused permission by the Supreme Court come back with bigger and worse plans. https://t.co/C44SCU1hu1