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Bill: Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act
Details
Submitted by[?]: Judicial Union Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: March 2533
Description[?]:
| An act to nationalise the fishing industry. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Commercial fishing regulation.
Old value:: The government establishes fishing quotas.
Current: Local governments can establish fishing quotas
Proposed: The fishing industry is nationalised, and the government sets production levels.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:45:04, February 14, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | We are generally in favour of deregulating industries and encouraging the free market. However, with the depletion of fish stocks worldwide such a problem, this is not an option. Quotas are very difficult and expensive to enforce, and we cannot be sure that the commercial fishing boats are using environmentally friendly methods to catch the fish. The only solution to this is to nationalise the industry. A state owned enterprise, Tukarali Fisheries Ltd, will be in charge of all fishing operations in Tukarali waters. This will give us the utmost control over fishing, and allow us the ability to ensure fish stocks are well maintained, for future generations. |
| Date | 13:31:41, February 14, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | Absolutely not. |
| Date | 23:16:07, February 14, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | Certainly not. |
| Date | 02:55:30, February 15, 2008 CET | From | JDW Tukarali Greens Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | oppose this would be worse environmentally than the current law once the gov controls the industry, targets for greater catch are inevitable |
| Date | 02:59:16, February 15, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | Are you possibly trying to advance the ludicrous notion that private enterprise cares more about maintaining fisheries than the government? If the government didn't care, why do we have the current regulations? The union of the six parties in this nation is the government. The JUP, making up more than a quarter of the government, do care about maintaining fisheries. |
| Date | 14:25:07, February 15, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | Which is funny considering you severe disregard for everything else |
| Date | 12:08:17, February 16, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | We're not communists! |
| Date | 21:39:10, February 16, 2008 CET | From | Judicial Union Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | This isn't communism, it's about what's best for the environment. |
| Date | 22:53:13, February 16, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | Nationalising entire industries is communism |
| Date | 22:54:26, February 16, 2008 CET | From | Greenish Liberal Democratic Socialists | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | And the fishing quota's are doing great. It's the ideal way, having both ecological value and a fundation in economics. |
| Date | 01:07:41, February 17, 2008 CET | From | Rightist Party | To | Debating the Natural Resources (Fishing) Amendment Act |
| Message | defeated |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 245 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 255 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 0 |
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