serves him right. people like that dont have a place in the game.hope the owner of the licence takes it back and leaves this bloke nothing but a huge bill
This professional has been speaking out over the past five years about the levels of fish taken by the recreational sector and using himself as an example of "professionalism" up here in the Mid West
NO!
sorry, but if he can't pay, then lock him up like they would do at the court if you could not pay your fines!
or
He should be forced to sell his boat or assets and pay the fine. Not be allowed to pay it off.
Hard call I know, but how else will these guys learn not to cheat!
that would be showing how the system should work. Otherwise he would be paying say $1,500 a month and that chicken feed in his game! and not a real deterant!
Bodie
Posts: 3758
Date Joined: 05/11/07
1.3 tonnes over his
1.3 tonnes over his quota!!!!!!!!!
This wont do the professionals reputations any good thats for sure!
Billcollector
Posts: 2170
Date Joined: 16/05/09
A cowboy that shouldn't be
A cowboy that shouldn't be allowed in the industry
Good to see the book thrown at him
roberta
Posts: 2773
Date Joined: 08/07/08
They are worried
about us the amateur with suggestions of a 4kg bag limit
Ginger Tablets Rock
Faulkner Family
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Date Joined: 11/03/08
serves him right. people
serves him right. people like that dont have a place in the game.hope the owner of the licence takes it back and leaves this bloke nothing but a huge bill
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Kingfisher549
Posts: 328
Date Joined: 15/09/09
from Kalbari
This professional has been speaking out over the past five years about the levels of fish taken by the recreational sector and using himself as an example of "professionalism" up here in the Mid West
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Dasho
Posts: 488
Date Joined: 24/03/06
Now he can spend the next 5
Now he can spend the next 5 years paying off the $80,000 fine and be an example of how the law does work.
Tony Halliday
Posts: 2500
Date Joined: 14/06/07
NO! sorry, but if he can't
NO!
sorry, but if he can't pay, then lock him up like they would do at the court if you could not pay your fines!
or
He should be forced to sell his boat or assets and pay the fine. Not be allowed to pay it off.
Hard call I know, but how else will these guys learn not to cheat!
that would be showing how the system should work. Otherwise he would be paying say $1,500 a month and that chicken feed in his game! and not a real deterant!
JMO
Tony
Tony Halliday: ~Meals on Reels ~
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
"In a mad world only the mad are sane." Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
out wide
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Date Joined: 30/12/08
Just the tip of the
iceberg imo. Pat on the back for the fisheries but i think they could do more in this area.