Mobile patrols give Fisheries staff a colourful presence on the beach



12:45 AM Sun 19 Sep 2010 GMT
'Department of Fisheries WA logo' Franck Gicquiaud
Mobile patrols give Fisheries staff a colourful presence on the beach - Fisheries Minister Norman Moore today unveiled the new 4WD fleet used by mobile compliance patrols that began operating in the middle of this year. Six new land-based mobile patrol units were deployed in July as part of Western Australia's revised recreational fishing management arrangements. 'The State Government has effectively quadrupled the number of mobile compliance units available across WA to monitor recreational fishing activity,' Mr Moore said. 'These mobile patrols will now have four-wheel-drives, equipped with high-tech communications equipment, to assist Fisheries and Marine Officers (FMOs) in general ...


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