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Lucky_Phill
01-03-2006, 04:34 PM
Coral reef fin fish
Three, nine-day periods have been implemented as closed seasons to the taking of all coral reef fish in October, November and December each year around the new moon period. The closures are designed to protect spawning aggregations of most coral reef fish species.

For 2005 the closures for waters east of Cape York between 10°41’ south (near Cape York) and 24°50' south will be:

27 September to 5 October;
27 October to 4 November; and
25 November to 3 December.\

The above are not the dates, but it was taken from the DPI website today, March 2006..............3 months past 2005 ?
The real dates are below:-

In response to your enquiry re the closed dates for CRFF for 2006. The
dates are
From 16 October to 24th October
# # 14 November to 22 November and
# # 14 December to 22 December

Yes, this is current news and important to those fishing north of the 24.50.000 line.

Cheers # Phill

fish2eat
02-03-2006, 09:55 AM
Thanks, planning a trip to Hinchinbrook later this year, so the dates are important info. I noted that last year there was some cheap accommodation up there during the closure times.