We all have history, one part of my history was that I was a Prescribed Officer for a Government Department. Our role was to attend and resolve taskings, incidents, behaviourals, crashes, disruptions etc etc AND compliance, which meant we were required to interpret Gov Legislation, Gov Acts, Rules and Regulations and subsequently apply them to situations, incidents, events & issues at hand.
ps. We weren't issued with Guns (I mean who'd trust me with a Gun
) or Handcuffs (those Handcuffs in the picture were for personal use only , , , , for , , , , nocturnal entertainment
, , , , and yes, of-course with someone else , , , , and yes, yes, of-course with a lady , , , , I bat for only one team)
So, with that said, and in my opinion, and having an understanding of what the Fisheries Officers do , , , , my first thoughts are with those poor men and women who have to contend with this new "ill written" rule and the "flack" they are going to get from the general fishing community , , , , and this thread is testament to that.
Secondly on the title of this thread, "Do Bream Comps (and others) Encourage Rule Breaking" which is what this thread is about. To answer that question simply and concisely, of-course Bream Comps (and others) don't encourage rule breaking. The thought that a reputable organisation with-in the fishing community would encourage rule breaking is silly. Is this what things have come to , , , , we are turning on our own ????
These organisations and associations have additional rules on how to perform & behave, which is on top of the existing fishing regulations/rules. So of-course they try and do the right thing.
On trying to do the right thing , , , , as new rules come out, I'm sure they would adjust the way they set up Competitions.
And on that, with this new rule/rules they ARE allowed to replace "kept fish". Obviously for the purpose of competing, the "kept fish" would be replaced with larger fish.
The only "adjustment" I can see that needs to be done due to these new rules, by the Competition Organisers (using the competition that Steve took part in, as an example) is ensuring that the allowable "kept fish" amount remains at 5 (or a nominal figure below the regulated bag quota). AND that any replacements of "fish kept" (or as Steve put it "upgrades") don't exceed in total, including the "kept fish", the total bag quota for that specie.
That is , , , , for Bream , , , ,
with a kept tally of 5 fish, only 5 replacements can be made.
or
with a kept tally of 4 fish, only 6 replacements can be made.
This ensures that the total tally of "kept fish" for the day is your daily allowable quota.
So, Steve (P5) is correct, as are some other members too. AND for the record, I like both Purple5ive AND Kimtown, I'm not taking sides, I'm just stating the facts of how the rule is applied.
colnick wrote: ↑Sat Mar 23, 2019 1:28 pm
This is getting a bit silly. I reckon the intention of the rule is clear. Unless you are actually holding the bag limit you can continue to catch until you get to the limit. Once there you have to stop, even if you subsequently release some of the held fish.
I appreciate that the wording is open to interpretation so why not ask Fisheries to clarify the issue rather than argue amongst ourselves?
That is right colnick , , , , a silly discussion on an ill-written rule that has caused confusion.
Hence my first statement. I feel for the Fisheries Officers who are going to have to deal with this rule , , , , even though, the Officers in question had (assume-ably) nothing to do with the wording.
Regards Bugatti