RecFishWest supports Commercial Netters!!!!
Submitted by Stoinka on Wed, 2008-04-23 18:49
I am still wondering why, like many people i suspect we are allowing commercial netters to rape and pillage our fish stocks.
Indiscriminately taking mainly cat one fish in all sizes.
When is recfishwest going to do something about it, still waiting for an answer.
I think recfishwest is only concerned about keeping the organization financial and all keeping
their jobs.
But everyone is intitled to their opinions.
Look forward to their reply.
Rodrat
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Date Joined: 13/01/07
I agree
Something needs to be done.
Do the pros have limits of what they can take a year or are they free to take what they want?
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TerryF
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Date Joined: 11/08/05
Commercial netting rules - who decides?
Stoinka
I posted an answer on Saturday. You've raised this topic again. The answer is the same.
Recfishwest doesn't make the commercial rules. Department of Fisheries and the Minister for Fisheries make those rules.
The Recfishwest draft on recreational fishing changes http://www.recfishwest.org.au/DraftSubDemersalFishingFMP228.htm says:-
If enough people will support what Recfishwest says by putting in their own comments and complaining a lot about the problems with commercial fishing management, then the Minister and Fisheries Dept might take notice.
Commercial netting is covered in that RFW draft, has been discussed a lot between the Minister and Recfishwest and the Department and they all know what those paragraphs mean and how important proper management of commercial fishing is to recreational fishermen.
If anyone wants to criticise Recfishwest for not getting changes to commercial fishing rules, then reread all the above.
Despite RFW not making the commercial fishing rules, RFW has made lots more comments on commercial fishing - see the Recfishwest submissions page http://www.recfishwest.org.au/Submissions.htm
TerryF
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Stoinka
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Date Joined: 02/09/06
Is RECFISHWEST on the Same Planet
So this quote below, from which you have posted, highlights to every person with a bit of intelligence that their is concerns over the effect gill netting is having on our fish stocks.
Well blow me down, is Recfishwest on the same planet.
All commercial gill net fishing should be stopped NOW. Not some time in 2009.
So Recfishwest the challenge is to you, if your organisation is fair dinkum, cut out all the propoganda and stop gill net fishing NOW.
Recfishwest recognizes that there have been significant reforms of most sectors of the commercial fishing industry through the Wetfish Review, although concerns still remain over the potential impact of demersal gill net fishing in the West Coast bioregion.
The quote below:Well i will support RECFISHWEST when they stop beavering around in the background and STOP the killing of our fish stocksby gill net fishing.
If enough people will support what Recfishwest says by putting in their own comments and complaining a lot about the problems with commercial fishing management, then the Minister and Fisheries Dept might take notice.
Stoinka
Posts: 412
Date Joined: 02/09/06
Apathy will destroy our fish stocks
To all the members of this sight please voice your opinion on gill netting for fish.
Recfishwest would like your view on this matter.
If you have supported them fianancially i would be asking why our fish stocks are being destroyed by commercial gill netters.
Look forward to no apathy.
Jamie Chester
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Date Joined: 12/11/06
A bit random?
Strange post this one!!
Would suggest you follow Terry's advice re who to contact.
Demersal gillnetting has been removed from the metro area now - alot of that has been because of years of steady pressure from people like RFW (and others). Will take a few years to see the effects but I think they will be there.
IMPO I dont like demersal gillnetting - its not a nice practice and there are legitimate concerns with it I think - so go get stuck into em!!
Just direct it at the right people dude!!
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TerryF
Posts: 489
Date Joined: 11/08/05
Here are the addresses
Damien
Here are the addresses of the people who DO set the commercial fishing rules:-
Hon. Jon Ford
Fisheries Minister
9th Floor, Dumas House
2 Havelock Street, West Perth WA 6005
Executive Director,
Department of Fisheries.
3rd Floor, SGIO Atrium, 168-170 St George's Terrace, Perth WA 6000
Postal Address:- Locked Bag 39, Cloisters Square WA 6850
Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (Inc)
PO Box 55
Mount Hawthorn WA 6915
Post up a copy of your letter to them, and then other people on this forum can support YOU in getting these commercial fishing rules changed.
PS. I'm an unpaid volunteer who has been doing the beavering in the background. RFW is very upfront.
TerryF
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fishy fingers
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Hang on
Now before everybody pipes up without thinking there does need to be some commercial fishing line or nets otherwise there would be NO fish on the fish markets AT ALL
Not that I buy fish that often but not everybody has the means to go and catch their own although where they do it and by how much is important but i doubt line fishing would be able to support the demand for fish in the shops you cant just expect commercial fishers to go away otherwise it would make fish a food for the recreational angler only.
To all the virgins..............Thanks for nothing!
Salmo
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Date Joined: 15/08/05
Suggest you get your facts right mate
Stoinka.....put some of that anger into a letter to the minister mate.....
your effort will be one more desperately needed submission