port jackson sharks

found my fisheries book today and was looking and the protected species list, i have always released port jackson sharks as i thort they where protected but there was nothing at all in the book about them?

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soz, need to cuddle up to

Mon, 2011-07-04 22:32

soz, need to cuddle up to serch moreso

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east coast

Mon, 2011-07-04 23:25

they are only protected on the east coast, most reports say they a horrible eating anyways!

but i do remember reading somewere that they were excellent eating after the hassale of cleaning them, interesting to hear if anyone has tried?

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i have heard they are

Tue, 2011-07-05 16:36

i have heard they are excellent eating if they dont have worms

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Protected

Tue, 2011-07-05 16:32

There are millions of the spiky buggers out there and have never been protected to my knowledge.

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Definately not protected. Ive

Tue, 2011-07-05 17:58

Definately not protected. Ive just never caught 1 big enough. Always seem to be about 3kg.

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They use to be protected, the

Tue, 2011-07-05 18:06

They use to be protected, the fisheries say they were coz there the only shark that hasnt changed there body shape in 100 of years

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theyve never been protected

Tue, 2011-07-05 18:16

theyve never been protected though?

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Some people are getting

Tue, 2011-07-05 18:20

Some people are getting desperate .killing port jackson sharks, nw blowie is good to just need to cut out the poison sacks.

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Agree with Paul there are

Tue, 2011-07-05 18:29

Agree with Paul there are plenty of tasty fish in the sea why would you want to kill one of these.

 

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they are a good looking fish,

Tue, 2011-07-05 18:38

they are a good looking fish, i dont think id ever keep one to eat thou. tough little buggers and imagine they would taste fairly "rich"

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look good in a fish tank

Tue, 2011-07-05 18:53

 when there small but would never kill one {miss piggy} thats what my old man calls them!

 

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We caught heaps behind garden

Tue, 2011-07-05 19:43

We caught heaps behind garden island, they don't even put up a fight, these were big buggers aswell, 5 big ones in about 20mins..