port stephens marine park

[slugo]

more than 20,000 hectares of the port stephens and great lakes marine park will be off limits to fishing under a draft zoning plan. this includes fish sancturies covering 20.6% of the 97,500 hectare park which stretches from Forster to Anna Bay and 5.6 kilometers offshore.

http://www.mpa.nsw.gov.au/psglmp/images/Draft-Zoning-Plan-Map.jpg

[wayne_cook]

What really hurts that 20.6%is 99.9% of the area i've fished for the past 20 years. >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

[kam]

They are still taking submissions on the draft zoning plans until august http://www.mpa.nsw.gov.au/psglmp/submission.html