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[crazywalrus]

The fisheries are requesting feedback from fishos in QLD regarding a few proposed changes.  Banning opera house pots, changing crab pot requirements, splitting the combined in possession limits of crimson and saddletail snapper (small and large mouth Nannaygai), and management around black jewfish.  
 

Not many factors effect me apart from the changes Nannygai. I originally did the survey and was a bit harsh because they did not include the proposed size change in the survey. Ready online I was not the only one unable to work it out.  It has since been pointed out to me that it was available here but they forget we are not all public servants and not familiar with their structure and nomenclature. For me if they where not going to include details in the survey the document should have come before the survey button and a lot more obvious  

That said I can understand the need to change the management of Saddletail Snapper  I personally do not take crimson snapper as I think they are an inferior eating species.  
 

one problem with Nannygai and  Lutjanidae fish is they suffer from extreme baratrauma .  Studies on fingermark by the NT fisheries found that there was a very poor survival rate of fingermark caught deeper then 5m deep.  This means when fishing in the deep water, like plus 50m, fish released would not survive  That said when fishing these areas I catch very few under 55cm  

The other issue is the Taxman’s possession limits, and these losses of fish are often more significant then what is harvested  

anyway have your say  

 

https://daf.engagementhub.com.au/?fbclid=IwAR34wtRSx42WcaQdio84Cu5-rwJiGDpfREfu14mYBr5hZzDTlY4tlg3c-Fk_aem_AXRHuzl2-pC7RbkvYOtlq8qq8KfWfl4wm1SVbkr000LexGQLjWFYDLjzczuVvxDPtoY

 

 

[mangajack]

Said my bit yesterday.

Unusually it is not a bad series of points that all need addressing.

Unfortunately it does not have a space to provide any feedback or ideas outside of those points.

[crazywalrus]

21 minutes ago, mangajack said:

Said my bit yesterday.

Unusually it is not a bad series of points that all need addressing.

Unfortunately it does not have a space to provide any feedback or ideas outside of those points.

Yeah reading the discussion paper I can understand the need for changes. When I first got up here I could not believe the possession limits for Nannygai.  That said I was not catching fish under 60cm and most were in the 70s. So a few fish is plenty.  These changes will impact the guys with the smaller boats that fish closer in the nursery.  
 

that said I do not agree with their statement that it is just a 10% change. (9 to 4 possession) That assumes that fisherman are catching or targeting 50% small mouth and large mouth. Not my experience in the north here. 
 

9 is a ridiculous possession limit in my opinion, to me does not represent good stewardship.  You can say the same with Trout as well at 7 however for someone that only gets a couple of trips a year I can understand it but for people that can pop out all the time and catch 7 per person is incredibly high. 

[Andrew_P]

This is our opportunity to have a say - i encourage everyone to at least read the proposal