aquascoot wrote on Apr 10
th, 2024 at 3:57am:
Gnads wrote on Apr 9
th, 2024 at 8:07am:
aquascoot wrote on Apr 8
th, 2024 at 1:39pm:
its interesting gnads that the fishing seems to have got a lot better since we started with the green zones.
have caught a good jew, spanish mack , spotty mack snapper and trag jew just out through the seaway in the last 12 months
spanish was the best headed removed for privacy
thats the spit in the background
No good if the green zones take up most of east coast ey?
Puts pressure on what areas are left for reccies & pros.
Approx 78% of the seafood Australians consume is imported.
Govts(state), especially Labor govts, are currently planning more removal/resumptions of local commercial fishing licenses and expanding green zones. Soon the QLD Govt will join the other states and enforce fishing licenses for amateurs.
Admittedly fish numbers bounce back when areas are closed.... but permanently closed???? Then what?
Bag limits have also had a hand in helping numbers come back.
People... amateurs I mean had become far too greedy in what they took.
Good to see you get a feed but make the most of it while you can because more big changes are coming soon.
btw I'd leave Jew & Trag in the ocean.
thats the point though gnads
spanish used to be targetted where they assembled in big schools up near mackay.
targetted with big ring nets that took the whole school
now they arent, there are big numbers up and down the coast
my contacts on north stradbroke regularly saw comercial fishos do the same to tailor schools, drag them into the beach and then sell tons for cat food, now the numbers are going well once again
recreational fishers are a boom for the ecomonyits a much better use of a resource
Yes but not everyone can afford a $15k to $30k boat and all the gear...... especially to go into open waters like the reef.
So how will those people get their fresh local fish?
Buy imported shyte like BASA(Vietnamese Catfish)?
As I said a license to fish is next on the agenda for QLD, further expansion of green zones and further reductions in bag & possession limits.
you can't go fishing everyday with possession limits because that includes what you have at home not just on the day when you are fishing.
We should be able to maintain a viable commercial fishery.
Have you ever tried going crabbing in recent years?
It's absolutely disgusting the number of pot raiders and pot thieves there are out there now.
A professional crabber I was speaking to last week lost 18 pots over Easter.
Feral grubs up here from all over & down your way ... don't bring pots .... steal them ... use them and then dump them.