Eight fined for crab fishing during ban
Submitted by catchalittle on Fri, 2009-06-19 09:25
Bet they wont do that again certainly quite high fines
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Nathan
Shorty
Posts: 1549
Date Joined: 10/05/08
Yeah the guy with 3 got a
Yeah the guy with 3 got a $500 fine,,
Hopefully there use the money to put a few signs up,,theres none around some of the mostpopular landbased crabbing spots around the Sound.
Funny most people i talk to think snapper fishings banned but some don't know about the crabs,,first place i would put a sign is Woodys point,,one of the most popular snorkelling spots for crabbing .
Hopefully all these folks knew they were doing the wrong thing ,,good size fines to match.
Ryan Thipthorp (not verified)
Posts: 16
Date Joined: 01/01/70
Good!
Good to see, they need more harsh penalties like that and advertising these cases is good also!
The Fisheries officer i liase with said they have been doing surveillance in Cockburn Sound re crabs since Christmas and gathering evidence.....good!!!
train
Posts: 102
Date Joined: 09/03/09
they get put up but get
they get put up but get vandalised quickly. its a slow process to get new signs