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July 26th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Independent federal MP Andrew Wilkie says the process that determined the fishing quota for controversial super-trawler the Margiris may have been unlawful.
Mr Wilkie says minutes are missing from a teleconference of an Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) committee that determined the quota.
He says Seafish Tasmania’s Gerry Geen, the director of the company planning to operate the Margiris and a member of AFMA’s southeast management advisory committee, declared a conflict of interest in the setting of the quota.
But Mr Wilkie says it is unknown whether Mr Geen absented himself from the meeting or was authorised to stay, as required by the Fisheries Administration Act, because the minutes are missing from AFMA’s website.
Mr Wilkie has written to Commonwealth ombudsman Alison Larkins to express his concerns.
“The public needs to be assured proper process was followed when AFMA decided to increase the fishing quota and open an opportunity for the world’s second-largest super-trawler to operate in Australian waters,” Mr Wilkie said in a statement.
The 142m Margiris is on its way to Devonport, with Seafish Tasmania having applied for it to fish for 18,000 tonnes of jack mackerel and redbait.
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