SNAPPER SURVEY REVEALS BABY BOOM IN PORT PHILLIP

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SNAPPER SURVEY REVEALS BABY BOOM IN PORT PHILLIP

Post by fishingvic » Mon May 21, 2018 11:49 am

SNAPPER SURVEY REVEALS BABY BOOM IN PORT PHILLIP


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Monday 21 May, 2018
SNAPPER SURVEY REVEALS BABY BOOM IN PORT PHILLIP
A recent fisheries survey in Port Phillip Bay has recorded the highest abundance of baby snapper in 26 years, easily surpassing the previous peaks in 2001 and 2004.
Victorian Fisheries Authority (VFA) CEO Travis Dowling said the snapper baby boom would see an unprecedented influx of small snapper in 2022 and bigger snapper over 40cm in 2025.
“Our fisheries scientists have simply never seen baby snapper numbers as good as this in all the years they have been conducting the surveys,” said Mr Dowling.
“Port Phillip Bay is the most important spawning area for snapper in central and western Victoria so this is very good news for anglers who love catching this iconic fish.
“VFA scientists undertake the annual surveys of baby snapper in late March and know to expect variation in spawning success depending on environmental conditions.
“The survey measures the abundance of newborn snapper between 3 and 10 cm that have survived from the recent spring-summer spawning season.
“Anglers will notice exceptionally high numbers of undersize snapper over the next few years in Port Phillip Bay, Western Port, and central/western coastal waters.
“It’s important that these undersize snapper are handled with care and released as soon as possible to maximise their survival, which is typically high.
“The minimum legal size for snapper in Victoria is 28cm, and the daily per person bag limit is 10, of which only 3 fish can be equal to or greater than 40cm.”
Mr Dowling said the baby boom for snapper complemented excellent settlement of King George whiting recently too, which bodes well for a thriving bay fishery in the years ahead.
“The State Government’s Target One Million plan is also bringing an end to all commercial net fishing in Port Phillip Bay by 2022, which will mean more snapper and whiting for recreational anglers and their families.”
Target One Million is investing a record $46 million to get more people fishing, more often, and delivered on a flagship commitment on 1 April when commercial net fishing ended in Corio Bay. Learn more at www.vfa.vic.gov.au/targetonemillion
Media contact: Nick Foster 03 8392 6254

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Post by Fish-cador » Mon May 21, 2018 11:53 am

Here we go again. They said this many times in the past already yet the last 2 years were bad. Last year was dead!

I will trust the weatherman before these guys.

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Post by fishnut » Mon May 21, 2018 12:11 pm

Cant catch snapper if u are not where they are,we had a great season in ppb north with good numbers to 7kg

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Post by cobby » Mon May 21, 2018 12:15 pm

Fish-cador wrote:Here we go again. They said this many times in the past already yet the last 2 years were bad. Last year was dead!

I will trust the weatherman before these guys.
Actually it was predicted to be average fishing between 15-19 with a slight rise for 20.

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Post by Lightningx » Mon May 21, 2018 12:30 pm

fishnut wrote:Cant catch snapper if u are not where they are,we had a great season in ppb north with good numbers to 7kg
When was this mate?

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Post by hornet » Mon May 21, 2018 1:43 pm

I don't believe the whiting surveys either.
He who has the most fishing rods WINS ! :ts:

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Post by Born2fish » Mon May 21, 2018 2:04 pm

Cobby is right were ment to be in a slow 5 year period this season should see the start of the end of the slow
Snapper peak in 5 year rotation (5 slow years) (5 good years) it's there spawning habits have a high spawn and low spawn periods but in saying that last year was a ripper for me

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Post by frozenpod » Mon May 21, 2018 3:10 pm

cobby wrote:
Fish-cador wrote:Here we go again. They said this many times in the past already yet the last 2 years were bad. Last year was dead!

I will trust the weatherman before these guys.
Actually it was predicted to be average fishing between 15-19 with a slight rise for 20.
Yep. Predictions seem very very close.

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Post by smile0784 » Mon May 21, 2018 6:56 pm

With the government aim 1 million just hope the newbies put the under size ones back

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Post by Lightningx » Mon May 21, 2018 7:11 pm

smile0784 wrote:With the government aim 1 million just hope the newbies put the under size ones back
Yea true :thumbsup:

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