Evernody is complaining about them.It frustrating when it takes you two hours to get to a spot and only get one fish in the boat as the rest are sharked. Wake up goverment it now can take a dozen fish eaten to get a feed for your self.They are even followng the boat I reaken as I moved 6 times and they were still there when you got a hookup.They love reds as much as we do
Went to the Monties last year and the sharks were a joke we brought back our kg limit of fish per person on a full charter and i reckon we lost at least that again to sharks. One of the guys that went wrote to fisheries this was there response
That prohibition has now been in place for 22 years now.
The shark numbers all along the coast from Perth have increased, especially up in the northern warmer waters.
I can't see why the Fisheries will not introduce a season for commercial shark fishing.
Perhaps if the demand for shark (Flake) in fish & chip shops was to increase, then that would sway them to re-instate it. We all know what the power of money is.
Demand = licences & licences = $$$$$$$$
There are now so many sharks that they are venturing closer to shore chasing food.
10 - 15 years ago it was virtually unheard of to catch a Tiger Shark of any size off a metro beach, and now Bronze Whalers are caught nearly every day.
The shark from northern waters is very tough to eat, like trying to chew a truck tyre, so unless someone comes up with an overseas market like we had before the closure I cannot see anyone taking up a licence even if it was re opened.
The dollar side is in the fins and that has all but disappeared with restrictions now in place.
We used to fish from Exmouth to east of Port Hedland and were welcomed back to Exmouth with open arms each time we visited and asked if we could possible fish south of NW Cape but we were restricted to fishing east of 114 east. Don't worry, if I still had the same market and conditions we had then I would be out there now and applying to fish the west coast down as far as Steep Point because they are thick all the way down
Been going to Quobba for 6 years. Whilst the larger sharks have always been there have notice a lot more smaller sharks starting to invade the coast in the last couple of years. Loose as many fish to shark and well as the lures as we land.
We have also noticed the difference at Exmouth over the last 14 years. About 8 years ago there was a significant increase in them closer to shore & numbers have increased year by year.
At least for the inshore problems--concentrates fishing into smaller areas and makes it easier for the sharks to target boats. In the late 80's/early-mid nineties, sharks were only a real problem if you were hammering a spot, they would just queue up by the third day. Keep moving and they weren't really a problem. Sharks are smart enough to learn, we all know they come to the sound of a motor now as much as to the struggles of a hooked fish. So if everyone is crowded into relatively small areas, such as we are down the west side of the Cape, we are easy pickings. Sick of the bloody things myself, such as waste of good product just to feed up the shark population. Next thing you know, the fishery declines, more areas are closed, bag limits reduced, all because those brown bastards are eating most of it. But it will be "our" fault, not the sharks, you can bet on it. The only thing left will be sharks--will they still be "endangered" or "recovering?"
solly
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yep its bad up here
Evernody is complaining about them.It frustrating when it takes you two hours to get to a spot and only get one fish in the boat as the rest are sharked. Wake up goverment it now can take a dozen fish eaten to get a feed for your self.They are even followng the boat I reaken as I moved 6 times and they were still there when you got a hookup.They love reds as much as we do
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And the watchers are watching us do it
Walfootrot
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Date Joined: 23/07/12
Dont get me started lol, time
Dont get me started lol, time to put shark back in the fish an chip shops
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
dowders
Posts: 112
Date Joined: 23/01/11
Went to the Monties last
Went to the Monties last year and the sharks were a joke we brought back our kg limit of fish per person on a full charter and i reckon we lost at least that again to sharks. One of the guys that went wrote to fisheries this was there response
Deckie
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Date Joined: 03/04/09
22 years
That prohibition has now been in place for 22 years now.
The shark numbers all along the coast from Perth have increased, especially up in the northern warmer waters.
I can't see why the Fisheries will not introduce a season for commercial shark fishing.
Perhaps if the demand for shark (Flake) in fish & chip shops was to increase, then that would sway them to re-instate it. We all know what the power of money is.
Demand = licences & licences = $$$$$$$$
There are now so many sharks that they are venturing closer to shore chasing food.
10 - 15 years ago it was virtually unheard of to catch a Tiger Shark of any size off a metro beach, and now Bronze Whalers are caught nearly every day.
my thoughts
cheers & stay safe
Cheers & Stay safe
Rob H
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Date Joined: 18/01/12
certainly hasnt been 22
certainly hasnt been 22 years up north.
I was fishing them in 2004 still
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carnarvonite
Posts: 8673
Date Joined: 24/07/07
Quality
The shark from northern waters is very tough to eat, like trying to chew a truck tyre, so unless someone comes up with an overseas market like we had before the closure I cannot see anyone taking up a licence even if it was re opened.
The dollar side is in the fins and that has all but disappeared with restrictions now in place.
We used to fish from Exmouth to east of Port Hedland and were welcomed back to Exmouth with open arms each time we visited and asked if we could possible fish south of NW Cape but we were restricted to fishing east of 114 east. Don't worry, if I still had the same market and conditions we had then I would be out there now and applying to fish the west coast down as far as Steep Point because they are thick all the way down
Iceman
Posts: 747
Date Joined: 17/03/09
Quobba
Been going to Quobba for 6 years. Whilst the larger sharks have always been there have notice a lot more smaller sharks starting to invade the coast in the last couple of years. Loose as many fish to shark and well as the lures as we land.
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Deckie
Posts: 1296
Date Joined: 03/04/09
Just going by the dates &
Just going by the dates & regions released in the above Fisheries document.
cheers & stay safe
Cheers & Stay safe
Deckie
Posts: 1296
Date Joined: 03/04/09
Exmouth
We have also noticed the difference at Exmouth over the last 14 years. About 8 years ago there was a significant increase in them closer to shore & numbers have increased year by year.
cheers & stay safe
Cheers & Stay safe
ranmar850
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Date Joined: 12/08/12
I blame the imposition of the "sanctuary" zones-
At least for the inshore problems--concentrates fishing into smaller areas and makes it easier for the sharks to target boats. In the late 80's/early-mid nineties, sharks were only a real problem if you were hammering a spot, they would just queue up by the third day. Keep moving and they weren't really a problem. Sharks are smart enough to learn, we all know they come to the sound of a motor now as much as to the struggles of a hooked fish. So if everyone is crowded into relatively small areas, such as we are down the west side of the Cape, we are easy pickings. Sick of the bloody things myself, such as waste of good product just to feed up the shark population. Next thing you know, the fishery declines, more areas are closed, bag limits reduced, all because those brown bastards are eating most of it. But it will be "our" fault, not the sharks, you can bet on it. The only thing left will be sharks--will they still be "endangered" or "recovering?"