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    Quote Originally Posted by trout1105 View Post
    Luckily we only have to face the fisheries and the courts if we poach in Australia, This is what can happen in Africa
    Suspected poacher eaten by lions in South Africa
    Love it..that IS justice. Just like that bloke hunting lions(Not poaching, in a game park) the other week, who was shot himself, by someone stalking him....rather poetic.

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    Some years back I had been out in the boat and caught a few fish of legal size.Arriving back at the caravan park I moored the boat and took the catch to be weighed and measured for our records. I then went to the wharf where there is a fish cleaning station. A fishing inspector was travelling up the channel and saw me and came over and asked me to produce my fishing license. I asked him if I needed a license to clean fish at the same time pulling it out of my pocket. He gave me a dirty look and pulled away. I wonder what would have happened if my wife had come down and was cleaning the fish. She does not fish. As far as I am aware you do not need a license to have fish in your possession.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jx2mad View Post
    Some years back I had been out in the boat and caught a few fish of legal size.Arriving back at the caravan park I moored the boat and took the catch to be weighed and measured for our records. I then went to the wharf where there is a fish cleaning station. A fishing inspector was travelling up the channel and saw me and came over and asked me to produce my fishing license. I asked him if I needed a license to clean fish at the same time pulling it out of my pocket. He gave me a dirty look and pulled away. I wonder what would have happened if my wife had come down and was cleaning the fish. She does not fish. As far as I am aware you do not need a license to have fish in your possession.
    I doubt very much that anyone would buy fish Legally from a shop or a fishing boat and then take them down to the wharf to clean them.
    The Fisheries officer was well within His/Her rights to ask for your fishing licence in this instance I would think.
    Also if you Wife took the fish down to the wharf a simple explanation from her that you had caught them and were too lazy to clean them would have cleared the matter up anyway
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    Quote Originally Posted by jx2mad View Post
    Some years back I had been out in the boat and caught a few fish of legal size.Arriving back at the caravan park I moored the boat and took the catch to be weighed and measured for our records. I then went to the wharf where there is a fish cleaning station. A fishing inspector was travelling up the channel and saw me and came over and asked me to produce my fishing license. I asked him if I needed a license to clean fish at the same time pulling it out of my pocket. He gave me a dirty look and pulled away. I wonder what would have happened if my wife had come down and was cleaning the fish. She does not fish. As far as I am aware you do not need a license to have fish in your possession.
    I've had a discussion with a NSW Fisheries person about their licences and why they can't have the same set up as Qld, where your spouse is included on the licence. I got a very sympathetic reaction although, as this was several years ago, obviously not successful.
    I must say that I have more faith in my NSW licence fees being used for their supposed purpose than my fees in Qld! Hopefully I'm wrong in this.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gordie View Post
    The evidence provided thus far will be the allegation and details of offence on the expiation notice. If it goes to trial, there has to be full disclosure from the prosecution to the accused, which is where copies of all statements and evidence will be provided prior to trial.
    One case I was defending myself on, the prosecutor gave me copies of all the stuff he was going to use in court- one minute before we entered the courtroom. When the magistrate asked if I had seen the evidence and I told him it was a minute ago, literally, the look he gave the prosecutor was priceless. He was fighting an uphill battle from then on.
    I won the case, and as I was leaving, the magistrate asked the prosecutor to come to his chambers for a "short discussion" - I would've liked to be a fly on the wall for that meeting!

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    Has the original case been heard yet?

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