Pro Cray Season

 Can any tell me when the pros start out again for Crays??

Thanks


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Could be wrong...

Tue, 2015-09-08 17:01

...but not sure that they stop...I THINK they can now fish year round, but to a quota...saw about forty or so pro pots plastered all over James Service Reef two weeks ago. 

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Pro season

Tue, 2015-09-08 17:06

auslobster is correct, they have a quota and when they fill that quota they stop fishing but can fish all year round.  

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There is no season for the professionals

Tue, 2015-09-08 17:08

As far as I know there is no closed season for the professional rock lobster fishers as they are now on a quota system.

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 correct 

Tue, 2015-09-08 18:59

 correct

 

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 Yer they do that so they can

Tue, 2015-09-08 19:38

 Yer they do that so they can sell to overseas for top dolla on public holidays like Chinese New Year ect ect 

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also heard

Wed, 2015-09-09 08:41

 they can now catch jumbo setose  females , can anybody confirm 

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Saw a line of pots off Two

Wed, 2015-09-09 08:49

Saw a line of pots off Two rocks last week in the 30mtr range

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 Yep saulty sad but true I'm

Wed, 2015-09-09 15:42

 Yep saulty sad but true I'm afraid

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 True but only for a period

Wed, 2015-09-09 16:08

 True but only for a period during the spring for a couple of months.

Important to note that these are NOT spawners.

Allows pro's to catch crays at a time of the year which maximises the returns, not a bad thing even if the money doesnt land straight in your pocket.

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more info rob.

Thu, 2015-09-10 06:51

presume study has been done on setose jumbo females  not spawners!allows pros to maximise return?stroke of a pen justifies and become legal, recs need to return 95?105mm.?to the water