Rule Change
Submitted by Genoa on Thu, 2016-01-14 17:11
Just for your info. There are new possession limits when fishing and transporting fish through Shark Bay. One days bag limit or five kg of fillets.
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/Fishing-and-Aquaculture/Recreational-Fishing/Recreational-Fishing-Rules/Shark-Bay-pink-snapper/Pages/index.aspx
Jason P
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Sounds bloody confusing when
Sounds bloody confusing when you read all the info.
Not sure why fisheries posted it on the 8th Jan, but is in effect as of January? Someone is likely to be fined thinking they are within there limits, as no Internet out that way.
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dano83
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The way I'm reading it, is I
The way I'm reading it, is I think it's just the freycient section with that limit because the removed the lottery system now,
so anyone can fish that section now but to those bag limits
Genoa
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The only reason I know is
The only reason I know is they stopped us on the way out of Steep point. They were there just to inform people of the rule. Even they aren't sure if the track to Steep Piont is within the boundary or not.
shammy
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5 kg of fillets???
never fished there...but from the photos posted what do they do with the other 10kg of fillets from some of the macks I've seen...???
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Deckie
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I can understand the 5kg of
I can understand the 5kg of Snapper fillets, but I think IMO the normal trip limits should apply for other fish.
eg; 5kg of snapper (skin on) as I normally do with all my fish & 1 days bag limit for the rest with a maximum trip limit of say 15kg.
We usually get a few Baldies & Macks when we are there.
Do we have to throw them back because of the new limits ???
Mind you, give me a Baldie over a Pinkie any day.
Cheers & Stay safe
randall df223
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Just when i thought it was
Just when i thought it was getting simplier to understand....
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cruzy111
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It didnt take that many
It didnt take that many years for rec anglers to wipe the snapper out there. It was like shooting fish in a barrel when we were kids. There isnt heaps of species in the estuary. Mainly bluebone and snapper. The water is hypersaline and most species wont go that far up. Having a reason for people not to go there still will hopefully see snapper stocks keep improving. Saddly lots of people can only justify there trips if there are lots of fillets in the freezer and even with these limmits it still might not be enough to protect them from overfishing again.