New bag limits
Submitted by wagyl on Thu, 2012-11-15 10:20
I was being inspected by fisheries on Friday and they mentioned that the bag limits are changing in January. They said they weren't sure, but the new bag limit for the high risk species was going to be increased, possibly to 3 per angler, and that the dhuie limit could be 3 per boat. The limits are being reviewed just like they did for crays. Anyone heard of this?
johno
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No but sounds good :)
No but sounds good :)
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little johnny
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yes .
pretty sure its going to happen...same guys who got a crays back for us... they are doing great job ..still on drawing board at this stage ..but i have heard exact same thing...
Rig
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good management
that is good news, hopefully it comes through
scotto
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all the more reason
to get onboard with recfishwest. they are doing wonders at present!
squidder
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Recfishwest
is great, "BUT" the organisation needs to put a bit more emphasis on areas outside the "METRO" area.
The Southwest being the jewel of the west could do with some help to rid our waters of the Demersal Gill Nets.
BTW I,m a paid up member.
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I reckon the abrolhos is the
I reckon the abrolhos is the jewel of the west
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Wahoo
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i believe
that they have south-west representatives too squidder. It's a joke when you look at how many rec fishers are actually members. At times people don't always agree with what recfishwest say but it is important that politicians see how many rec fishers actually give a shite and are members. It's cheap too.
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squidder
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At the minute
there is NO SW rep' and as you have indicated, it is a JOKE how many are members, actually not many.
It would be in their best interest to become members, cheap as you say and have some serious input, get things achieved by having People No's.
Numbers are what sway Poli's into making decisions at the end of the day.
I do believe that there is an oportunity coming up for individuals to be involved in Sub committees in various regional areas to get their points of interest across.
Rig
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apathy
unfortunately alot of rec fishers are prepared to whinge but never do anything about it. Recfish love or hate (nothings perfect) is our voice and sure there maybe things that people dont like but the alternative is no say at all
I think the small cost of being a member is money well spent
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Yep it's a shame rig . My
Yep it's a shame rig . My wife works for a union with a well known member on here (no names mentioned ;) ands it's the same let other people worry about attitude, but are happy to reap the benefits. Come on people join up! It ridiculously cheap 20 bucks a year, less than most would spend at the lunch bar on a weekday.
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Perry Home
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I'd rather see
A change in the closed season policy - reduce it by 1 month. The best two months of the year are currently closed - Fish are in relatively close / winds are usually ( but not always lower) and days are longer. Once Mid December hits down here in the South West often wind speed picks up and makes for very uncomfortable fishing.
soupster51
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Ban
Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm sure the ban time period was chosen to align with when the demersal spawn in the shallower water. Hence why before this it was easier to catch them during this period. I'm all for shutting it down for a couple of months to protect them and let them go about their business. There are still heaps of different species to target at this time of year.
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Rob H
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I heard fisheries
I heard fisheries recommended dec jan for demersal ban to align with spawning but it would have been political suicide over the holidays.
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MattMiller
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Spot on Rob
if you've fished down here for Dhuies over Dec, Jan and even Feb you'd know that Dhuies are spawning then.
For reasons of tourism due to Xmas holidays they couldn't close it then or it would cause an uproar.
A closure for the sake of a closure i'm afraid.
little johnny
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closure does good
but does affect buisness .and tourism ..hard one ..never seen them budge on pinks season. cant see dermersals one ever changing ...wish it was only 1 month.
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Not gonna make a difference
Not gonna make a difference to me, i can barely find one dhuie on a good day haha
squidder
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The Ban
for 1 or 2 mths is always going to have knockers but the question I, long with others is, why do the rec's get a 2 mth NO fish and the Comms are aloud to continue on their merry way netting.
The day the closure ended for the Pro's they bombed the coral lumps of cape naturaliste in search of Sharks of course.
My personal opinion of "Some" of the Snapper I catch in the "Now Closed" mths were always a bit on the soft side in regards flesh so it doesn't bother me that much.
Some of have got change our mindset on Snapa, snapa, snapa, dhu, dhu, dhu , bla bla bla bla.
Catch some of the every day bread and butter fish and enjoy.
Rob H
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yawncommercial fishermen had
yawn
commercial fishermen had severe cuts imposed before anything was imposed on Rec fishos.
It was spelled out pretty well but you probably didnt take any notice until it affected you.
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I'm usually torn over the
I'm usually torn over the summer months Squidder Love getting in the boat chasing the Dhu's but the beach where we are is red hot as well, big Skippy,Tailor Herring and what ever else is lurking in the Lucky dip bucket. My missus rates fresh pan fried Herring up with Dhuie. Buuuutt I'm still hunting a new bigger PB
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jettyrat
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commercial shark fishers
commercial shark fishers have there fishing ban earlier and this is done to protect the whiskey sharks while they have pups. This makes sense as there catch is nearly all sharks and that is why they are called shark fishers. The proposed commonwealth marine park in geographe bay will be banned to shark fishers but have noticed lately that business in dunsborough wants shark fishers in the bay as the sharks attacks and shark sightings ( up to 6 great white sightings in a bad week ) has had a negative affect to tourism in general and the surfers are too scared to go surfing. Go figure. The snapper that you catch in the "now closed " months in fact spawn while you are pulling them up as they think that they are going to die therefore they should not be targeted during the closed months to preserve fish stocks.
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I found that most the female
I found that most the female dhus that i caught last year just after the ban and into January were still full of roe.got to the point we were letting most of our fish go Makes you wonder if it should be longer
squidder
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There is NO
such thing as a Commercial Shark Fisher. At one stage they were called Shark Netters but since the catch data came in from most of the net fishers proving that there were not just sharks being caught in the nets, the powers to be changed the operation to Demersal Gill Netting because there were a huge amount of prime bottom dwellers being caught by the pro's ,as they were called at that stage, which they were not allowed to sell.
Try and get your head around how much fish were thrown back "WASTED" because of bureaucrasy within the FD.
Interestingly Sharks spend 70% of their life MID water, why do the nets have to set on the ocean floor thus having a huge amount of, until they are all caught, catch of un-sellable bi-catch.
Re the scary GW's, have a look at the water temp, you might find that it may be a little cooler this year which suits the big fellas favour.
Last Salmon season was a huge flop, may be the water temp didn't suit them either.
Willlo
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Agree squidder, wouldnt think
Agree squidder, wouldnt think that the so called "shark netters" would want a GW anywhere near their nets.Shows how much the local buisness in Dunsborough know, a GW would swim straight through there net. The ban should go from December for 2 months if they were fair dinkum about preserving stocks.
Hope they do change the bag limit but i wont be holding my breath.
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