Unfortunately Pinhead - You are wrong. If we modelled a Qld general recreational Fishing license on the NSW model -
IT IS LAW / LEGISLATED that
ALL of the money raised via the license fees goes into a transparent trust accounts - that is managed by committees made up mostly from recreational anglers
I believe the admin fee is still capped at 10% of the total license fees to cover admin in NSW - payable to DNR&F. I have asked Jim Harnwell ( Editor of Fishing World mag ) for an update which I hope to have shortly. I understand that the current SIPS program pays 25% to DPI&F to cover admin currently. I believe this is too much & would suggest that we work on 10% under a new general license system.
For those who have concerns with the current SIPS program - I propose it is kicked off under a new freshwater trust account - with initial funds based on the highest average amount raised over the previous three years as we did in NSW with the former freshwater license. This means that you pay out at least the highest average SIPS allocation over the former 3 years to get things started & review the figure in future once you have an idear on total funds available from the new general license program.
I do not believe it has anything to do with what DPI&F current have on their agenda, as I propose this new license system is IMPLAMENTED due to overwhelming support from the recreational angling sector - ON OUR TERMS !
This is a User pays system - BUT NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY IMPLAMENTED BASED ON THE NSW MODEL !
There are NO GREY AREAS with this - It is either imposed by the wider angling community sooner - rather than later OR we will wind up with another system under on the governments terms
I believe the ball is rolling & now is the time for Queensland recreational anglers to take control of their fisheries
Regards Scotto