You just have to love spin - and it is really amazing what you can project by using different numbers
My turn
There are just over 137,300 registered boats in Qld over 4.5M ...
The fisheries tell us that the rec catch equates to 400 tonne (400,000kgs)
So lets stick with those numbers
That would equate to 2.9kgs of Snapper per boat / year ( regardless of anglers)
But not everyone fishes for snapper or is in the right region ...... I hear you say
OK ....... but we know that the greatest majority of boat ownership is in SE Qld - so lets say 30% of the boats fish for snapper (41,190) at one stage or another ........
That would equate to 9.7kgs of snapper / boat / year
Now dont you think that this number sounds likely if not under estimated.
Oh yeh .... btw there are another 50,000 boats between 4.0 - 4.5 meters that I left out of these figures ..... and as we know , a boat of this size can fish for snapper in many prime locations ..... and they do ( several of my mates certainly do)
Yes we can project a totally different spin by using different figures .........
Does the rec sector take 400 tonne of snapper pa -- I certainly think so !
Chris