07-09-2004, 11:08 AM
Glen,
you are spot on when you said:
as it becomes all too difficult for fisheries to enforce bag/size limits, they will take the easier approach and just ban it outright.... all recreational anglers should be VERY concerned. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':angry:' />
Whether the abalone bag limit is 10 or 4 a poacher has made up their mind that they are going to break the law and exceed the limit anyway so how the reduced bag limit will help tackle the poaching problem is beyond me,... :blink: <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
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Cheers
AK
you are spot on when you said:
Quote:some people might say "what do i care?...i don't eat abalone!" but there is nothing to stop Fisheries Victoria from closing more fisheries due to their incompetence. Maybe they will one day close the recreational rock lobster fishery? or even the recreational squid fishery because they are unable to catch poachers of squid.
as it becomes all too difficult for fisheries to enforce bag/size limits, they will take the easier approach and just ban it outright.... all recreational anglers should be VERY concerned. <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/mad.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':angry:' />
Whether the abalone bag limit is 10 or 4 a poacher has made up their mind that they are going to break the law and exceed the limit anyway so how the reduced bag limit will help tackle the poaching problem is beyond me,... :blink: <img src='http://www.squidfish.net/forums/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='
' /> Cheers
AK