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You cant better city hall,ever protested a race committee and won! When Legasea/option4 went before the supreme court over recreational Kahawai , cost roughly 1 mill,3 court appreances ,a win ,a lose and might say a draw,the outcome was.The minister shall provide catch rates ahead of commercial when species become low in biomass. (rough translation) so expect to spend more than that to bet council

Given that it appears that chlorine is considered for eradication of unwanted sea flora, "they" must realise that if used it will kill all the things that TBT apparently used to kill so well, that we are now no longer allowed to use it?

Sounds straightforward ….PVC tarps , chlorine , some good underwater operators and approval from wherever it needs to come from and soon not next year when it will cost 100s instead of 10s of milliwongas https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250218150_Eradication_of_the_invasive_seaweed_Caulerpa_taxifolia_by_chlorine_bleach#:~:text=Based on these results%2C chlorine,to reach stolons and rhizoids.

This was just the precursor to the main Judicial Review. This round was to try and get an Interim Relief to keep the hardstand operating till the main court case scheduled in September. The Council Biosecurity expert said there was no risk to Biosecurity by closing the Landing till the main Court case, even though her team had written a memo to the Orakei Local Board saying permanently closing the Hardstand was a Biosecurity risk. That combined with the actual court case not that far away, the judge considered there was not merit in forcing Council to keep the Hardstand open over winte

Given that the Regional councils charge us for using "their" waters (mooring fees, beacons, and can even stipulate the contractors you must use for mooring inspections perhaps we should be sending them a bill for not keeping "their" waters free of unwanted organisms.

The best and most reliable way of these organisms historically have moved around the world is the tides, currents etc. it is the way they have always spread, up to the arrival of our consumer society in the 1970 / 80's ( which is a 100% commercially orientated, world trade agreements) Why is Galaxy Feta sold as a Fonterra product when it is actually a product made in Denmark? If you buy bacon look at the print that shows where it has come from, up to 20 different countries, none of which would meet the stringent rules that our Pork producers now have to conform to to. In the next few years we

I have done it yearly for about two decades with no ill effect. I use mesh 'bags' to avoid major tangles and I do not wash anything with metal hardware. Bare Dyneema is also kept out of this. 40 C program. Normal detergent. /Martin

I agree. But i am much happier with tbe way it is now with small talk and general ranting gone. Technical and general sailing discussions are what I look for.