mackeral netter in yeppoon

[flatzie]

My point exactly Johncar, Rec fishers can fish and access the resource, and dont give a rats about anyone else.
And you dont think Rec fishers rort the system? Now thats naive, to think one group do and others dont?
Rec and pro fishing will be around for a long long time, people love to eat fish mate
Cheers
Flatzie

[dan12345]

i agree flatzie seems like most rec fishos have the blinkers on to me, im a rec fisho with a commercial fishing background an have family members still involved. to say that rec guys dont rort the system s ridiculous. every form of fishing has its bad eggs that give them a bad name but to tarnish the whole fleet over one or two bad egggs is very stupid. people will always eat fish and some one some how has to catch it whether you like the way they do it or not. rec fishos have no more right to catch the fish then a commercial operator ITS EVERYBODYS OCEAN.

[Qlder1]

Not sure but don't most Qld fish and chip shops use spanish and Grey Mackeral?

I am not against commercial fishing at all but I hope the doggies and spotties aern't ending up as pet food...

[Lovey80]

Hey Smithy, if you are still reading this thread (or anyone else can answer). What is the quota on a licence like this one? I would like to know what the TAC is on an individual operator before passing judgement. It seems to me that Mac stocks are not in any sort of danger, in fact they seem to be pretty plentiful.... So I am not sure what the uproar is about a netter working open ocean is. Let's not muddy the waters between this method and netting enclosed waters like rivers, because they are miles apart.

[snapperdan]

I would think that spanish would be way 2expensive. You might get it occasionly, cooktown comes to mind..

Isnt most fish and chips NZ smooth dory and hoki and mirror dory.

[Noelm]

be kind of unlikely that wild caught Aus fish would be served in fish and chip shops, it may during the peak of a certain species season, but in reality, a fish and chip shop needs consistant supply and price, so almost all of them go for a frozen imported species, the supply is there (they can even stock up a freezer themselves) and the price is stable, this old pro v rec thing has raged for years and years, and will continue to rage for decades to come, if managed properly, pro fishos will be sustainable forever, just as us recs can be sustanied forever, but it needs to be fair for all concerned, to just yell and scream about "nets everywhere" is simply emotive babble and will reult in bugger all being done by any Government agency responsible for fisheries management.

[Noelm]

Netting of wild fish is past it's use by date, fish stocks are getting so thin from this efficient form of fishing and I know that many of the pro's rort the system, surely we are not that naive to think they don't. I don't give a rats if the public or I can't get fish and chips at the expense of the marine life, that's not a good reason to keep doing this vandalistic method of fishing.
If it happened on land where all could see what goes on it would have been totally banned many years ago.
And for anyone who fishes with nets, I am not attacking you personally, I am sure you are good hard working people, just the method of fishing.

not 100% sure I agree with this, nets are just "tools" used by tradesmen (pro fisherman) no different to a trap (that recs can use) or anything else, would you support a ban on all nets/traps for rec fisho's? lets say cast nets, prawn nets, bait nets, crab traps and so on are banned for all, do you accept that would be OK?

[Smithy]

Not sure Lovey. I don't run into him any more as I have a moored boat so don't use the Mooloolaba ramp. I know he does look at Ausfish though. Maybe he might pipe up.

[MackerelMan]

Plenty of fish and chip shops sell locally caught fish as well as imported stuff. Its seasonal what they have but mackerel, trout, mixed reef and even mahi mahi are all pretty common.

[ifishcq1]

line fishing has never depleted any fishery, anywhere, ever, but nets sure as shit have

[Noelm]

and that "fact" is bsed on?? are you trying to tell me then that hard fished (by line) places fish just as well now as they did (say) 50 years ago?

[Qlder1]

I asked around re netting of Mackeral and it seems that most likely it will not be fit for human consumption because of damage to the fish. Also the smallish boats used don't have the ability to process them well enough. I would love to hear from anyone that knows more that could confirm or deny this.

Would be a shame to see such a great little fish wasted on cats....

I think lots of fish and chip shops in central and northern Qld use Spanish, mostly caught in NQ and frozen so its available almost all year round. Maybe further south its different..

[mayer60]

Supa you really need to get a life mate..you follow a boat home and then jump to all these conclusions and then post them to create hysteria!!..The guy in question is a commercial fisherman from mooloolaba and came to Yeppoon to assist Fisheries Qld in filming a documentary on the best practices in releasing SOC (species of conservation, sharks etc )). He was in Yeppoon for two days, has never been in the Boyne, has never been to stanage and was never in the Fitzroy.the film will be available on youtube shortly for all to view.
If anyone would like to contact him his name is Bill , number is 0412986959.
This guy works harder than anyone in pursuing a better outcome for both commercial and rec fisherman and all it takes is ONE guy to kick a person in the guts with emotional B shit.
If supa wants to put his name and contact on here ,I am sure the facts can be put to him. To all the POSITIVE replies I know we still have some intelligence out there.
Gary ..0407039446

[ifishcq1]

world wide studies and data collected by various organisations locally
yes Noel look at it this way if ten boats went out 50yrs ago they caught 100 fish each, now 100 boats go out and catch 10 fish each it is still a 1000 fish
Noel show me a line fished only area where the fish stocks have gone

[Smithy]

"" What Gary said above. Ring Bill and get the facts. He is only too happy to have a chat. He rang me last night to say what he was doing which was the filming for the DPI. I have seen some of the older videos they have done before. You should be able to Google them on Youtube. He is the net rep for the QSIA as well.