Draft Moreton Bay Marine Park Plan U Are Screwed

[rayke1938]

Found this on another forum

 Draft Moreton Bay Marine Park Zoning Plan
Legislation to Restrict Boating in moreton Bay 120 Days per year per person

Section 107 of the Draft Moreton Bay Marine Park Zoning Plan is set to prohibit boating in the Marine Park zone to no more than 120 days per year per person.

This legislation does not apply to those navigating and mooring with permission or operating a passenger ferry, but the impact could be felt by recreational boat users, residents of the Bay Islands, live-aboard operations, and commercial operators who could be fined or forced to navigate more red tape.

Whilst there is support for protecting the bay environment, questions remain about the practicality of enforcing this legislation, who it will be applied to, and whether this will mean more red tape for commercial operators and others enjoying the Bay.

Read the full report at this link: you'll need to copy and paste sorry

https://docs.wixstatic.com/ugd/dbf1a3_8a8e436d412049a4ba9e48cf0fb4e47f.pdf

Have your say here:

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Moretonbaylegislation

230 odd pages
 Section Stew is taking about is on page 75. 
Sounds like the old trick of including something controversial that everyone will complain about and slip in the things that they really wish to do unnoticed. 

Needs a section stating what they propose to change,
No maps just lat and longitude lines.
Impossible for a dumbo like me to work out what they are saying.
Good reason to stick to the fresh water.
Cheers
Ray

[Drop Bear]

FFS 

[Gad]

6 hours ago, Drop Bear said:

FFS 

DITTO... 

[samsteele115]

I'm all for fish conservation to ensure sustainability with current greenzones and reducing bag limits (and if too conservative then it just means more fish to catch yay). But this 120 day thing seems really odd 

[Drop Bear]

37 minutes ago, samsteele115 said:

I'm all for fish conservation to ensure sustainability with current greenzones and reducing bag limits (and if too conservative then it just means more fish to catch yay). But this 120 day thing seems really odd 

Yep same for me. I like that we are managing the fish and fishing areas. I will have to read the whole thing properly. My brain hurts already. 

[samsteele115]

23 minutes ago, Drop Bear said:

Yep same for me. I like that we are managing the fish and fishing areas. I will have to read the whole thing properly. My brain hurts already. 

Likewise haha, a quick glance was all I could handle. It looks like green zone size increases to existing ones in some parts, which is better than creating new ones I reckon. But whatever, will wait for mapping and a more concise overview 

[Old Scaley]

Hard to work out whether that means 120 consecutive days or 120 days in total?  Maybe the idea is to crack down on people living on boats with no mooring and possibly no proper toilet facilities?

I can’t imagine how anyone could keep track of the number of days a boat spends on the water.  I would love to spend 120 days on the water every year, but reckon it would be closer to 50 if I was lucky.

[kmcrosby78]

Yep, looks very easy to monitor ........... perhaps they might put Go Card-style buttons at ramps and we need to 'swipe in' and 'swipe out' ....... (woops, I may have just given the boffins an idea .......). I think Ray is correct - it has to be a distraction (surely?).

[Andrew_P]

From the same forum:

 

[Junky]

I wish I could get out for 120 days every year. 

 

Offshore not effected though, is it? If this rubbish passes that is. 

[ellicat]

From Facebook -

 

Fisheries Queensland

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Creating more sustainable fisheries for future generations is at the heart of a discussion paper released today for public comment by the Queensland Government.

The proposed amendments are focused on implementing fisheries reforms essential for long term sustainability and profitability; urgent sustainability actions to take the pressure off snapper and pearl perch; standardising fishing rules and supporting compliance and reducing red-tape and removing unnecessary restrictions.

Feedback is open till 19 July 2019 - https://bit.ly/2IOorg8

[Drop Bear]

On 18/06/2019 at 6:49 PM, Old Scaley said:

Hard to work out whether that means 120 consecutive days or 120 days in total?  Maybe the idea is to crack down on people living on boats with no mooring and possibly no proper toilet facilities?

I can’t imagine how anyone could keep track of the number of days a boat spends on the water.  I would love to spend 120 days on the water every year, but reckon it would be closer to 50 if I was lucky.

Sounds like a challenge! Im in. 

[Drop Bear]

And no talk of fishing licences.