Sydney Harbour Fishery

[INDULGENCE]

Just reading todays paper and our Govt is going to pay-out commercial fishos on Sydney Harbour because the Govt now says it may be as long as 100 years before dimersal fish in the harbour reach the correct level of dioxins.
I would like to ask the Govt investigators what happens when these fish travel north out of the Harbour.
We are about to see the mullet move within the next 6weeks and closely followed by the bream and luderick.These fish have all matured in the Harbour.
Do these dioxins flush out of the fish before they are caught by the beach haulers south of Newcastle (majority of these fish are sold into QLD ) or is the real truth the Govt wanted commercial fishos out of the Harbour so they lowered the reporting levels of dioxins to solve the problem.
We are only talking about 60 fishermen of which 12 are licensed to fish the Hawksbury but the Minister didnt want to crowd that fishery so he will pay them to.
I think we should be asking more questions of our pollies are we about to see another marine park

Wally

[Argle]

Maybe they should test the dioxin levels in Moreton Bay too and buy out all the pro licences from there. Imagine what this is going to do for the fish stocks in Sydney Harbour :o
One would hope that the harbour wont become a totally green to fishing zone though :-/ hmmmm problem with pollies is you just dont know what the buggers are up to till its too late.
Fingers crossed hey boys

Cheers and Beers

[fish2eat]

I don't think the mullet are as big a problem as the bream, which feed on the prawns and shellfish....however, people have been eating them for a lifetime because the dioxin has been there for at least 40-50 years. Not sure how far bream travel.

Also, the dioxin levels do not drop when the fish leaves the area/changes diet but the worse problems occurr in fish with high fat content as far as I know