3 year ban in SA

[re-tyred]

i think they should put a cut of where if a fish is over 80cm you have to through it back because they're the big breeders.

Unfortunately they have a very low survival rate from the deeper water. Better off to make it a single fish bag limit for over 80cm. If you catch one time to move on. There area lot of fish meals in one that big.

[Jasonfish1234]

I got a feeling this will happen in Victoria a 3-5 years ban on snapper fishing, soon

A good start would be reducing the current limit of 10 to 5, and absolutely slamming people who take undersize/over bag. An increase in size limit would be no bad thing either.

What if they ban right now, and everyone just have high snapper fever. You don't to snapper for 5 years.

Lots of people would be going crazy with snapper fever Jason.

Lol.

[Robbie1950]

Those of you who fish PPB would clearly see pinkies are in plague proportion across the entire bay. Long lining decimated the snapper population in SA, we obviously don't have the problem of commercial fishing in the bay anymore. Exactly why would a ban be put in place in Vic? Fisheries have also shut down the idea of changing the the size limit from 28cm to 30cm saying it would achieve bare minimal and that there is clearly no need to do so when our snapper population is healthier than ever.

[rb85]

Those of you who fish PPB would clearly see pinkies are in plague proportion across the entire bay. Long lining decimated the snapper population in SA, we obviously don't have the problem of commercial fishing in the bay anymore. Exactly why would a ban be put in place in Vic? Fisheries have also shut down the idea of changing the the size limit from 28cm to 30cm saying it would achieve bare minimal and that there is clearly no need to do so when our snapper population is healthier than ever.

So long as regulations are set with the best possible scientific evidence there’s no need to adjust or change anything. If stocks suddenly plummet and evidence suggests changes/tighter regulations then so be it.

But at this stage as Robbie put it there’s absolutely no need.

[4liters]

Those of you who fish PPB would clearly see pinkies are in plague proportion across the entire bay. Long lining decimated the snapper population in SA, we obviously don't have the problem of commercial fishing in the bay anymore. Exactly why would a ban be put in place in Vic? Fisheries have also shut down the idea of changing the the size limit from 28cm to 30cm saying it would achieve bare minimal and that there is clearly no need to do so when our snapper population is healthier than ever.

We still have long lining for snapper in PPB, it was only netters that got bought out.

[Robbie1950]

Those of you who fish PPB would clearly see pinkies are in plague proportion across the entire bay. Long lining decimated the snapper population in SA, we obviously don't have the problem of commercial fishing in the bay anymore. Exactly why would a ban be put in place in Vic? Fisheries have also shut down the idea of changing the the size limit from 28cm to 30cm saying it would achieve bare minimal and that there is clearly no need to do so when our snapper population is healthier than ever.

We still have long lining for snapper in PPB, it was only netters that got bought out.

I know that but the banning of netting has seemed to help stock levels

[cobby]

Those of you who fish PPB would clearly see pinkies are in plague proportion across the entire bay. Long lining decimated the snapper population in SA, we obviously don't have the problem of commercial fishing in the bay anymore. Exactly why would a ban be put in place in Vic? Fisheries have also shut down the idea of changing the the size limit from 28cm to 30cm saying it would achieve bare minimal and that there is clearly no need to do so when our snapper population is healthier than ever.

You obviously haven't paid much attention. Long lining in PPB for Snapper is not affected by the net bans. Those that have been forced to hand back their netting licences were told from day dot of the ridiculous ban they could change to long lining in order to keep fishing. Long lining in PPB caught over 90% of the commercial Snapper catch from the bay when netting was fully active and will be 100% unchanged by the bans

[4liters]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-29/ ... n/11557248

"I'm not supportive of a three-year ban, I'm supportive of a ban until the science has been redone and the actual stock has been reassessed and they get it right."

This is an attitude that ***** me. "I don't like what the science is saying, do more science until it says something different"

[rb85]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-09-29/ ... n/11557248

"I'm not supportive of a three-year ban, I'm supportive of a ban until the science has been redone and the actual stock has been reassessed and they get it right."

This is an attitude that ***** me. "I don't like what the science is saying, do more science until it says something different"

People need to trust the science.
Unfortunately there’s casualties with peoples earning capacity.

[fishnut]

Definitely increasing the minimum size limit is a great idea
When I catch a 28cm it always looks so small...

Perhaps min 38cm like sa hss
We dont keep any under 35cm when fishing for pinkies