Smoked/cooked fish part of possession limit
Submitted by sea-kem on Sun, 2024-02-11 10:27
Might be a silly question but have to ask if anyone has come across this before.
I have put in a query to fisheries see what they come back with......
I want to take my hot smoker up north this year , smoke up some Spanish Mackerel etc and vacuum pack it. Something to do on a down day.
Does that form part of my possession limit? I'm thinking it probably does but it seems a grey area to me as it's processed etc.
Cheers for any feed back
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In my understanding it would
In my understanding it would count as part of possession limit as it is still fish. Only heads and wings don't count
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sunshine
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So you stopped off and bought a kilo of smoked salmon
That surely doesn't form part of your possession limits......what's the diff?
sea-kem
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Exactly, or you could cooked
Exactly, or you could cooked leftover fish fillets from a meal. Would they count those. I reckon it's a grey area that needs clarification. Interesting to see what they come back with.
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Rob H
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Commercially caught fish
Commercially caught fish doesnt count toyuwards your possession limit.
Obviously need to be able to prove it is if questioned but packaging would be an obvious giveaway
Just like crays, you can have a 100 crays if they were bought commercially and you can prove if need be
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I'd dare say that rather than
I'd dare say that rather than the FMO's waiting for you to produce said proof, they'll fine you and put the onus on you to challenge the infringement through Fisheries office or the magistrate's court with your proof.
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Once i hear back from them
Once i hear back from them in writing, if as Scotto says I'll print it out and laminate it.
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Rob H
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If its not in commercial
If its not in commercial packaging or you dont have the receipt then probably.
Its same for transporting seafood, its only rec caught seafood that cannot be couriered alnoe, must be accompanied
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Funny you say that Rob, back
Funny you say that Rob, back in the mid 90's when I did a few trips to the Mackeral islands we used to send all our caught fish home in a big hessian sack via Brambles in Onslow. Rules no doubt have been changed since then.
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Rob H
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about 10 yrs back it became
about 10 yrs back it became that you cannot ship unaccompanied rec caught fish anymore, I thought that was common knowledge, to avoid people constantly topping their possession limit?
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That rule came in because a
That rule came in because a lot of crews would stay somewhere like shark bay for example for a couple of months at a time and just keep sending fillets back home on chiller freight for friends and family to collect and put in the freezer
My thoughts on possession limits would be even if cooked it would still count unless you have proof of purchase or a con note,bit like buying marron off a farm out of the rec season
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agree with that
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I'll almost guarantee that
I'll almost guarantee that fisheries wont know either. I asked a similar question a few years ago and got 3 widely varying answers from yes you can to no you cant from fisheries officers in Dampier.
When you need a degree to figure out the contradictory possession limits that you can be prosecuted by, its a farce.
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scotto
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processed
I looked at this some time ago, and in my opinion, once the fish is processed/cooked for consumption, it DOES NOT count towards your posession limit.