Thread: Protest against the new WA fishing fees

That's pretty rude !!! $405 per year to go saltwater fishing ? .......... i for one can't see how this fee will improve stocks ? Perhaps WA fisheries needs to implement a better managment system for their fishery and also look at what impact the commercial take is having on the demersal finfish fishery ...... Penalizing ordinary ppl who enjoy a fish is wrong.

This equates to locking up national parks by restricting access to a public resource, a resource we the public already own, and also looks like a blatant money grab !! ....... All you need to say is this


I FISH AND I VOTE !!!!

I'm in WA Kev, I thought my location was in but it's obviously not so I'll update it.
I'll rescue the boat from daughters back yard soon, change the oil as it might be a bit off from lack of use, same with the fuel, pump the tyres up and advertise the thing in Sundays paper.
Should fetch a reasonable sum according to what's being advertised.
I thought I'd get a lot of use from a boat as I live close to a small marina but never seem to bother, and when I do I don't catch much fish so I'm not paying an extra 150 bucks a year to our useless pollies to do that!
Maybe they should check the pros a bit closer and see how much under reporting goes on if they want a true indication of fish stocks.
Alan.

When is this legislation due for practical approval and processing ?

GREAT NEWS
Looks like this legislation will not get passed
Labor have said they wont back it,1 and possibly 2 Liberals look like crossing the floor to vote against it.
They collected 11000 signatures on a petition at the Perth Boat show last week.
There is talk of a $30 licence for all fishers,surely a much fairer option.
Andrew

That's a big improvement to the initial slog that was on the table for discussion

Its no different to the usual tact the government here takes.
Mismanagement of the fishing industry here for years purely for the export dollar leads to the general public copping the bill as its the easiest way to generate cashflow, hide it for a few years until all the fuss dies down, then spend it on other things like Belltowers, exhibition centres and other useless **** we end up with from the pollies bignoting themselves and producing pointless landmarks.

I have just had to delete sooo much of what i wanted to post.

This State, as much as I love it, really needs to wake up to itself and get with the program before it all turns to **** and this is the kind of situation where we all lose out.

Standup, be counted and do something not just for this State, but the precedence that could be set for others.

Cheers

Andrew

They had Norman Moore on talkback this afternoon discussing the new fishing laws.
Despite the Labor party rejecting it,members of his coalition threatening to vote against and many calls to drop it he says he is staying firm and not droping or changing the new rules.
An interesting call from a south coast fisherman.His thoughts that many would head to the south coast or further north than the control zone.The minsters response was that they would follow fishing trends in these areas and if need be will impose similar controls.
Andrew

Looks like Norman Moore is getting stuck into the commercial Crayfishermen aswell as the recreational fishers.They are looking at letting the Crayfishermen only deploy 25 to 35% of their pot licence this season to protect a predicted fall in crayfish breeding stocks.
Andrew