Abalone Fishing - Proposed Changes To Vic Laws

[rohan]

I dont reckon a blanket ban will do anything, because I dont think its the legal 10 per person that are threatning the ab stocks. Me an a mate got our 10 each at mornington one weekend then only 2 weeks later there wasnt a single ab there. The following week in the paper there's some article about poaching in the area. It seems to me that what difference does it make taking 10 or 20 abs when the poachers take thousands?

All the new laws will do is piss of recrecreational divers!



Also I'll just add that I agree that I think the fisheries in victoria are more about taxing the anglers than protecting the fisheries... I've never seen an inspector either!