Commercial long lines - deep drop
Submitted by terboz123 on Sat, 2017-09-09 10:36
Hey guys
not trying to kick up a stir here , nor trying to crucifiy someone working if I am wrong here
but can someone confirm to me this, what's the minimum depth for a commercial boat working the shelf with settling lines?
there was one working the depths between 220-450 , ( I went to both edges of the floats to see if it was a set line)..... the boat was being very odd in terms of movements when I started working south towards him....
fishing two rocks/mindarie
____________________________________________________________________________
a hard days fishing still beats work
PGFC member
GCGFC member
Tim
Posts: 2497
Date Joined: 26/09/06
200m
Thought it was 200m in the metro area
Deleted
Posts: 6265
Date Joined: 26/04/14
200nm??
200nm??
timboon
Posts: 2961
Date Joined: 14/11/10
I've never known a depth to
I've never known a depth to be the determining factor in fishing boundaries....
Rob H
Posts: 5806
Date Joined: 18/01/12
Certainly can be on
Certainly can be on Commonwealth licences, mainly trawl though they do have various endorsements.
While it's described as 200meter, it is a series of tangents approximating the 200 meter contour, cutting a few corners both inside and out.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
Posts: 16
Date Joined: 01/01/70
Crab Fisherman!
The no commercial finfish droplining is a line of co-ordinates so no not a depth!.
The 2 boats out there now are commercial crab fisherman!
Alan James
Posts: 2227
Date Joined: 30/06/09
For interest sake
are you able to provide those cooordinates or the source where they maybe found (other than a general reference to a WA Fisheries site).
ranmar850
Posts: 2702
Date Joined: 12/08/12
And FFS..
The commercial fishermen were fishing deep drop long before the reccos got wind of it. They pioneered it. So please, no-one get precious about it.
sea-kem
Posts: 15020
Date Joined: 30/11/09
Here we go the old us verse
Here we go the old us verse them crap
Love the West!
Lastchance
Posts: 1273
Date Joined: 02/02/09
Haha, exactly, 'We were
Haha, exactly, 'We were flogging it years before we were regulated, now there's no money in it because of you recreational assholes'
meglodon
Posts: 5981
Date Joined: 17/06/10
I must say
I can't see to many rec fishermen pulling pots from that depth of water.
Alan James
Posts: 2227
Date Joined: 30/06/09
With some help from Fisheries
I was able to locate within the legislation a description of the Metropolitan Area. This is the area where the commercial demersal fisherman are NOT allowed to fish. As has previously been mentioned it is based on intersecting coordinates and not on any specific depths. For the benefit of those who may be interested it states:
"Metropolitan Area
All Western Australian waters bounded by a line commencing at the intersection of the high water mark on the coastline of Western Australia and 31° 00.00' south latitude; thence extending west along the geodesic to the intersection with 114° 50.43' east longitude; thence generally south to the intersection of 31° 12.00' south latitude and 114° 55.00' east longitude; thence generally south to the intersection of 31° 47.00' south latitude and 115° 01.00' east longitude; thence generally southeast to the intersection of 31° 56.00' south latitude and 115° 12.50' east longitude; thence generally south-west to the intersection of 33° 00.00' south latitude and 114° 38.15' east longitude; thence east along the geodesic to the intersection with the high water mark on the coastline of Western Australia; thence generally north-west along the high water mark to the commencement point."
meglodon
Posts: 5981
Date Joined: 17/06/10
Thanks Alan
Well there we are that has clearly defined what metro area means.