Its a bloody police state thats what it is!!

Bish ,bosh,wish wash olbill 2 nil;your fkn nicked sunny boy.Now be a good boy and do as your told.

Your on the money kk, ITS ALL ABOUT THE ****ING MONEY.

Boat - $30.00
Cray - $45.00
Abalone - $45.00
Marron - $45.00
Scalefish - $150.00

AND THATS JUST FOR ME. Not to mention my wife who loves all of the above, my kids and a mate who doesnt have a boat.

Again its a case of a few wankers ****ing it up for the many who do the right thing.

We already have bag and size limits in place but the problem there is that there is never an inspector at the ramp to check. I see it all the time, 2 fishers on a boat, 7 Dhuies, 5 Schnapper, 6 Baldchin etc etc etc in a days catch. And the ****ers brag about it.

One last thing, if you fish from the beach, you dont need to pay.

GO ****ING FIGURE

iansn said...

Again its a case of a few wankers ****ing it up for the many who do the right thing.

I see it all the time, 2 fishers on a boat, 7 Dhuies, 5 Schnapper, 6 Baldchin etc etc etc in a days catch. And the ****ers brag about it.

One last thing, if you fish from the beach, you dont need to pay.

GO ****ING FIGURE

So why don't you take their rego# & report them, (read) save your own sport!
Have a look in the photo section, it's a disgrace how many fish these people take. They only have themselves to blame.

To be honest the laws in this state are the slackest in the country.
Sorry, that should read "slackest enforcement" of laws in the country.

i heard there going to put speed cameras on the water aswel.
its a revenue raiser.but..
Good if u can afford a boat u are used to throwing money away.
Why not sell your boat go down sealanes and get a box of your favourite fish
will cost you 50,000 dollars less.
Good i encourage taxes on fishermen it boring get a real sport where your bodys heartrate increces more the 110 bpm.
Fishing is like lawnbowls for old people. get a real sport i hope the goverment still continues heavily tax such a sport inwhich people take and not give.
Hopefully my kids will be able to catch a fish oneday.
They should really target comercial fishermen the people who rape the waters the worst.

looks like the pro-daylight saving nutters have turned their attention to commercial fishermen now?

quote-"They should really target comercial fishermen the people who rape the waters the worst."

quote-"but let the professionals go about thier rape and pillage at will..."

Look a little closer boys and check if you know what you are talking about.
Sure there are some dodgy pro's but while they may be in the tens or dozens, there are hundreds of dodgy amateurs.
Use your scones-why would a bloke with hundreds of thousands of bucks (or millions) risk his entire business for a few kakkas or little snapper?
Im not a pro now but I have "walked in those shoes".
Commercial fisherman have to agree to take a fisheries inspector along with them while they work pulling pots. You cant pretend you are only working 95 pots when your licence says 100 (cos the other 5 have the gaps nailed up etc). Patrol boat follows making sure none are skipped.
Wetline fisherman have been slammed bigtime by new rules in the past couple of years-check it out for yourselves.

quote-"a few weeks ago i watched a doco on sbs about comercial fishing in one go ( put net out -pull net in) 500 tonne of mackel and our life sucking government recommends this new fishing lic will aid in helping our fish stock in w.a...."

where is this taking place in WA? that is twice the total Spanish Mackeral catch for the entire State, and around the total catch for scaly mackeral for WA and your saying that Fisheries want this method that catches the whole lot in one shot? Tell me more cos Id be fighting against it also!

Im against these new "taxes" as much as all of you-but direct your anger in the right direction, not at "bogymen"-hiding in the shadows.

"a few weeks ago i watched a doco on sbs about comercial fishing in one go ( put net out -pull net in) 500 tonne of mackel and our life sucking government recommends this new fishing lic will aid in helping our fish stock in w.a."

OK you said "mackel" but I assumed you were referring to Mackeral of which there are only two basic types in WA, spanish (and its variations, shark etc) and scaly mackeral. You said you saw a documentary on this and WA wanted to base these new laws on it?

Anyhow I totally agree with you that this is a money grab by a government desperate to plug a revenue gap.
Commercial Fishermen have had to deal with this sort of issue for a long time, and their take on it was that they were being forced to pay for research into recreational fishing. It would appear that this is correct though as ONLY they were paying for scale fish research. However the big problem is the concentration of amateurs in the metro regions.

My point is, not to point the finger at the wrong people. By doing this the government wins by "divide and conquer". This is why they didnt bring this sort of stuff in at the same time as the new commercial rules a couple of years back. They knew the new commercial rules would be greeted with support from amateurs, as long as they thought they wouldnt be affected.

My take is its way over the top, probably been drafted by spin doctors and accountants with a little input by fisheries.