01-06-2005, 04:02 PM
I agree with you Glen, although I will be interested as to which 60 days are the 'legal' ones for taking abs. Hopefully it is not the months of July and August, for example!
It seems like the recent Victorian Chinese restaurant crackdown has a lot to do with these changes, since they identified that most of this abalone was taken by rec fishermen.
As has been said many times before, the solution is increased policing of the fishery, not reduced bag limits and season closures for genuine recreational abalone fishers.
It seems like the recent Victorian Chinese restaurant crackdown has a lot to do with these changes, since they identified that most of this abalone was taken by rec fishermen.
As has been said many times before, the solution is increased policing of the fishery, not reduced bag limits and season closures for genuine recreational abalone fishers.