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Nov 2nd, 2007 at 11:41am
 
Body believed to be missing fisherman

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Body-believed-to-be-missing-fisherman/2007/11/02/1193619106047.html

Police believe a body found near Gympie on Thursday is that of a fisherman who disappeared off Queensland's Fraser Coast, near Maryborough, last week.

Two people discovered the partly decomposed body near the Carlo Point boat ramp at Tin Can Bay at about 11am (AEST) on Thursday, police said.

A post-mortem examination will establish the man's identity, however it is believed he is a 35-year-old Boonooroo man, reported missing on October 24.

A sea and air search failed to find the man, who is believed to have drowned when he and another fisherman tried to swim out to their boat, which had floated off a mud bank.

Investigations are continuing.
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Re: fishing accidents
Reply #1 - Nov 2nd, 2007 at 4:19pm
 
freediver wrote on Nov 2nd, 2007 at 11:41am:
Body believed to be missing fisherman

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Body-believed-to-be-missing-fisherman/2007/11/02/1193619106047.html

Police believe a body found near Gympie on Thursday is that of a fisherman who disappeared off Queensland's Fraser Coast, near Maryborough, last week.

Two people discovered the partly decomposed body near the Carlo Point boat ramp at Tin Can Bay at about 11am (AEST) on Thursday, police said.

A post-mortem examination will establish the man's identity, however it is believed he is a 35-year-old Boonooroo man, reported missing on October 24.

A sea and air search failed to find the man, who is believed to have drowned when he and another fisherman tried to swim out to their boat, which had floated off a mud bank.

Investigations are continuing.


So thats where my gangsta group leader went after I popped a cap in his eye!!! Cool
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Reply #2 - Nov 5th, 2007 at 7:49pm
 
LowTideJettyJumper wrote on Nov 2nd, 2007 at 4:19pm:
So thats where my gangsta group leader went after I popped a cap in his eye!!! Cool


You should have 'popped' that cap in the side of your brain.(if you had one that is).
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Reply #3 - Nov 5th, 2007 at 7:54pm
 
Dude, that is inappropriate. If an insult is all you have to contribute then don't bother posting.
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Reply #4 - Nov 5th, 2007 at 7:57pm
 
freediver wrote on Nov 5th, 2007 at 7:54pm:
Dude, that is inappropriate. If an insult is all you have to contribute then don't bother posting.


Lowtidejettyjumper is merely a TROLL fd, who has not made a single political statement so far.
So this individual is a Kunt.

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Reply #5 - Nov 5th, 2007 at 8:04pm
 
Just because you decide someone is trolling does not mean you can ignore the rules and start insulting them. Understand? If you think they are trolling, do not respond.
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Reply #7 - Nov 10th, 2007 at 4:24pm
 
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freediver wrote on Nov 5th, 2007 at 7:54pm:
Dude, that is inappropriate. If an insult is all you have to contribute then don't bother posting.

So this individual is a Kunt.

Ahh well, I tried. I guess sometimes people just need to say what they feel  Grin
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Fishermen rescued after boat overturns
Reply #8 - Dec 1st, 2007 at 2:26pm
 
Fishermen rescued after boat overturns

http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Fishermen-rescued-after-boat-overturns/2007/12/01/1196394668306.html

Three fishermen spent two hours perched on their overturned boat after it started taking on water off Altona in Melbourne's west early on Saturday.

The men were rescued by the Coast Guard after a passing fishermen spotted them at around 8.30am (AEDT).

Police said the 5.5 metre long boat started taking on water at around 6.30am (AEDT) before it capsized forcing the men into the water and then back on to the overturned craft.

An ambulance spokesman said one of the men, in his early 50s, had been taken to The Western Hospital after their ordeal.



Boat limps back to port after collision

http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking-news/boat-limps-back-to-port-after-collision/2007/11/30/1196394618344.html

A fishing trawler with two men aboard has returned to port after its skipper reported the vessel had collided with a tanker off the Sunshine Coast, north of Brisbane.

A spokesman for the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) said investigations were underway into the incident involving the trawler Rexandra (Rexandra) which happened off Mooloolaba around 0030 (AEST) on Friday.

The Rexandra suffered substantial damage to its bow and the skipper sent out a mayday distress call, but the vessel was able to return to Brisbane under its own power.

The ATSB said investigators had some idea which tanker was involved in the collision, but had not yet confirmed its identity.



Search resumes for Tassie fisherman

http://news.smh.com.au/search-resumes-for-tassie-fisherman/20071215-1h85.html

The search has resumed for a fisherman swept off rocks on Tasmania's north-east on Friday.

The 51-year-old man from Claremont, in suburban Hobart, was fishing with his brother at Cosy Corner, near Binalong Bay, when he was swept off rocks by a large wave about 12.40pm (AEDT), Tasmania police said.



Group rescued thanks to EPIRB

http://news.smh.com.au/group-rescued-thanks-to-epirb/20080103-1jzd.html

Five people have been rescued in the Torres Strait, off far north Queensland's Cape York Peninsula, thanks to an emergency device on board their borrowed dinghy.

Police said the boat owner had an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) on board the 4.5 metre fibreglass dinghy when he lent the boat to a group of friends for an overnight fishing trip.



Bones found where Tas man swept away

http://news.smh.com.au/bones-found-where-tas-man-swept-away/20080104-1k80.html

Bones have been discovered on a beach, about two kilometres from where a fisherman was swept off rocks and later died off Tasmania's east coast last month.

The bones, which police suspect are human, were found about 11.30am (AEDT) on Friday by beachgoers walking along The Gardens, a beach north of St Helens.

A man was washed away while fishing alongside another man at Cosy Corner near Binalong by a wave that swept him off the rocks at about 12.40pm (AEDT) on December 14.

"One of the pair had his fishing line caught in some kelp and went to the water's edge in an attempt to retrieve his line," said Tasmania Police's Inspector Shane LeFevre at the time.

"Bystanders were in the area at the time and witnessed the person struggling in the strong surf after being knocked off his feet by waves."

A full-scale search, involving most rescue teams, could not find the man.



Fisherman bitten by shark off Gold Coast

http://news.smh.com.au/fisherman-bitten-by-shark-off-gold-coast/20080127-1oep.html

A tuna fisherman has been severely bitten on the leg by a shark off the Gold Coast.

It is believed he had been reeling the shark aboard a fishing boat more than 100 nautical miles off Coolangatta.

http://news.smh.com.au/shark-attacks-fisherman-off-gold-coast/20080127-1oep.html

A shark's jaws had latched so tightly onto a man's leg aboard a fishing boat that its head had to be cut off to free him.

The shark had just been hauled aboard the boat off the Gold Coast.

A 20-year-old man from Sydney was bitten by the three-metre mako shark about 7.30am AEST Sunday on a tuna boat more than 100 nautical miles off Coolangatta.

"There's a few hands on the deck and they could not release the shark from the leg at all until they had cut the shark's head off," said a spokesman for RACQ CareFlight which was called to airlift the man hospital.

"It was locked on. The bite has gone down to the bone.

"I've seen a photo of the wound and it's pretty messy."

The man is in a stable condition in The Gold Coast Hospital where he was to undergo emergency surgery.

The man was winched into the rescue helicopter about 10.40am AEST in a tricky operation, carried out in three- to five-metre swells.



NSW Man dies after being swept off rocks

http://news.smh.com.au/nsw-man-dies-after-being-swept-off-rocks/20080127-1oha.html

A fisherman has died after being swept off rocks on the NSW mid-north coast.

Police believe the 75-year-old man was fishing on the breakwall at Nambucca Heads when he was washed off by a wave just before 5pm (AEDT) Saturday.

The man, from Nambucca Heads, managed to cling to rocks after being washed into the water, but was then swept out to sea.

His body was found about 500 metres away on the beach.
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Shark victim tells of onboard attack
Reply #9 - Jan 29th, 2008 at 12:39pm
 
Shark victim tells of onboard attack

http://news.smh.com.au/shark-victim-tells-of-onboard-attack/20080129-1opu.html

A fisherman who survived a shark attack aboard a fishing boat off Queensland says his skipper put his hand down the shark's throat to free his mangled leg.

Gold Coast fisherman Jarryd Tinson, 20, hauled a three-metre mako shark onto a tuna boat about 7.30am (AEST) on Sunday, more than 100 nautical miles off Coolangatta.

The 90kg shark whipped around and bit him on the right calf when he stepped over it.

"It was just a normal fishing day, hauled up a shark and got him on deck and was on standby to clean him and yeah ... misjudged him, he was laying there placid," Mr Tinson told the Nine Network from his Gold Coast Hospital bed.

"I went to step over him and he did a big banana on me and yeah, just took to my knee, thought he had a big bit of bait."

"One or two crew were on the nose side, trying to pull it away but just so lucky he didn't do any spins on me ... because if he did a spinner, I'd be walking away with half a calf."

"Most of the damage really happened when the shark let go and ripped down my leg and then it took bits of skin off," he said.

Mr Tinson said he was raring to get back on the water within two weeks and make some good money from a big haul.



This seems rather odd:

Search for missing diver ends in Qld

http://news.smh.com.au/search-for-missing-diver-ends-in-qld/20080206-1qle.html

A search for a man who went missing while spear fishing off Cardwell in north Queensland has been suspended.

Police are no longer confident they can find and retrieve his body.

The 21-year-old Tully man was last seen on Otter Reef on Monday when he surfaced from a dive about 4.15pm (AEST) and started to return to an anchored boat, police say.

His spear became lodged in coral and he dived to retrieve it.

He ascended to one metre below the surface, but then appeared to sink.

The other diver on the boat tried in vain to rescue the man.

Police divers have found part of the man's dive equipment and items he was wearing on the seabed.

They do not believe they will be able to recover his body.

Investigations are continuing.



Search continues for missing fisherman

http://news.smh.com.au/search-continues-for-missing-fisherman/20080228-1vdx.html

Friends of a fisherman still lost at sea off the NSW far north coast hope he will be found safe like his two crewmates.

Skipper Charlie Picton and his two deckhands were thrown into the sea when his trawler sank about 4am (AEDT) on Wednesday off the coast of Byron Bay.

One of the deckhands, named as Michael Williams, 39, made a marathon 12-hour swim to safety and crawled onto New Brighton Beach, north of Byron Bay, about 4pm (AEDT) on Wednesday.

The second deckhand, John Jarret, was rescued about 8.15am today by a Queensland rescue helicopter after nearly 25 hours in the water.

He was found floating 15km north-east of Ballina, suffering from hypothermia and dehydration.



Fishermen 'would not have survived'

http://news.smh.com.au/fishermen-would-not-have-survived/20080317-1zus.html

A man who helped rescue two fishermen from their capsized boat off the NSW south coast says the pair would not have survived another day in open seas.

The two men were found clinging to their overturned catamaran after a 34-hour ordeal at sea.

A fishing trawler found the missing men about 2.15pm (AEDT) on Sunday clinging to their overturned craft approximately five nautical miles east of Burrill Lake, near Ulladulla.

http://news.smh.com.au/nsw-men-saved-after-34-hours-lost-at-sea/20080316-1zr5.html



Trawler survivors recount their ordeal

http://news.smh.com.au/trawler-survivors-recount-their-ordeal/20080317-1zus.html

One of two survivors of a fatal fishing trawler tragedy on the NSW north coast has vowed never to return to the sea after losing his best mate.

Michael Williams, 39, John Jarrett, 41, and skipper Charlie Picton, 40, left Yamba late last month on a four-day trawl - but Mr Picton never made it back to shore.

The prawn trawler, Sea Rogue, was snagged about 3am (AEDT) on February 27 when its nets became caught on a reef, capsizing and sinking the boat about 13km off the coast.

"The whole thing, within an instant, just rolled over," Mr Williams told the Nine Network.

"I took a breath and then went under and sort of grabbed the little window.

"The water was rising and I thought 'this is it, you've got to get out of here'."

After a 12-hour swim, Mr Williams was washed up on New Brighton Beach, just north of Byron Bay. He was naked, dehydrated and had bad cuts to his legs and feet.

Meanwhile at sea, Mr Jarrett and Mr Picton were clinging to a fishing bucket, Mr Picton weak from swallowing a lot of sea water.

"Charlie was quite weak I had to hold my hand under his armpit and I'd say to him, 'kick Charlie, kick'," Mr Jarrett, known as JJ to his friends, told Nine.

"We had a helicopter fly straight over Charlie and myself. We were waving our arms, we did everything we could."

But the chopper did not see the pair and, about three hours later, Mr Picton died.

"I pulled Charlie up, he just wasn't breathing," Mr Jarrett said.

"That's the hardest thing I've ever had to do is let my friend go. I couldn't (hold on to him), if I had of I wouldn't be here either.
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Reply #10 - Jul 25th, 2008 at 1:36pm
 
I don't have the story, I just got this photo off swellnet, on the sunny coast report.
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Reply #11 - Jul 26th, 2008 at 11:26am
 
It's rather ironic that FD started this thread. He wants to force people to fish off the shore (including the ocean rocks) rather than from boats. Rock fishing is the most dangerous sport in Australia! If people still want to fish from boats they will be forced to go further out to sea to get past his no-take zones. Forcing small boats further out to sea doesn't enhance safety either!
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Reply #12 - Jul 27th, 2008 at 3:51pm
 
No I don't.
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Reply #13 - Jul 27th, 2008 at 4:46pm
 
No I don't.


Have a look at your marine park examples again FD, especially the Newcastle coast one. Or do you just want them to give up fishing?
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Reply #14 - Jul 27th, 2008 at 5:53pm
 
No I don't want that either. There's no need to have the same discussion in every single thread PJ.
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