澳州政府8日駁回了由澳洲綠色協會提出，欲關閉產值2億澳幣的南方黑鮪魚產業提議。南方黑鮪魚被世界自然保育聯盟( IUCN)列為嚴重瀕絕的動物。在議期開始的第三天，綠色協會的參議員西瓦（Rachel Siewert）發起廢除2007年澳洲南方黑鮪魚配額的行動，西瓦指出澳洲政府欲霸佔此項瀕絕物種最大的配額，而每年5000公噸的漁獲量將此生物推向滅絕的邊緣。
然而澳洲漁業暨保育參議員阿貝茲（Eric Abetz）表示，廢除澳洲的國家漁獲配額，將導致澳洲中止漁業運作至少6個月；也將造成數十億元投資付諸流水，令3500名南澳洲人民面臨失業。
The Howard Government today turned back an attempt by the Australian Greens to close down Australia’s A$200 million southern bluefin tuna industry. The southern bluefin tuna is classed as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. On the third day of the current Parliamentary session, Greens Senator Rachel Siewert moved to disallow Australia's southern bluefin tuna quota for 2007.
"The government wants to see Australia take the largest share of this critically endangered species, taking more than 5,000 tonnes per year even as stocks have been hammered to the edge of extinction," Senator Siewert said. Australian Minister for Fisheries and Conservation Senator Eric Abetz said that the effect of the Greens’ motion in the Senate today to disallow Australia’s national catch allocation would have been to close the fishery immediately for at least six months. He said it would have put billions of dollars of investments and at least 3,500 South Australian jobs at risk.
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