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Maria Honig's diary
Maria promoting Save the Albatross at the Billabong Girls Get Out There Surf Series
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Thursday 19 April
'Now, almost two years down the line, I can safely say that I have achieved what very few people who work in conservation can say they have achieved, at the cold face of the bycatch issue.'
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Friday 9 February
'It has not been an easy haul to get back out to sea again. Fisheries are in limbo at the moment... Nonetheless, a lot has been a happening on the awareness and education front, with our local fishermen and surf chicks...'
Wednesday 25 October
'The last month has been a great accomplishment for the Albatross Task Force. I have returned - finally - from what seemed like a lifetime at sea and on foreign soil.'
Monday 7 August
July was a great month. We've been doing lots of workshops and now the phones are ringing off the hook - everyone has to have a tori line! It has been crazy... our newly-constructed tori lines are leaving the shelf as quickly as they are being made!
Thursday 6 July
It was harrowing! Never have I pushed myself to such limits before... I came to cracking point many times - 'rough' described all aspects of this trip! The sea, the food, the bunk and the smell...
Thursday 1 June
This week I am writing to you from the RSPB headquarters in the UK! I am here on a vacation and took the opportunity to meet the people here who are coordinating the task force and all of the PR effort on its behalf.
Thursday 18 May
We have 75 confirmed attendees for the hake longline workshop this week, which includes boat owners, skippers, crew and representatives from Marine and Coastal Management. I’m looking forward to building a relationship with this group.
Friday 12 May
I was thrilled at the idea of becoming an Albatross Task Force member. I particularly like the way that the programme does not limit itself to making management decisions behind a desk, but instead works directly with fishermen, at-sea and onshore, a conservation strategy I live by.
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