http://m.nzherald.co.nz/northland-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503402&objectid=11376112

Hardly likely to have been a longliner.  The article says quite clearly the fish did not appear to have been hooked, so make of that what you will...

The snapper have not been in the bay. Most people who have strggled to catch fish are very likely far better fishermen than yourself. It is likely one of the many trawlers coming back from further north w ere they have been hammering it has dumped it on his way into the bay. The easterly we have had would have pushed those fish inshore.
But then those living in Auckland likely know more about our coast than the locals...

They should be made to land the catch regardless at there own cost. Profit's from catch should go to mpi. Mpi should use the prof its towards keepING an eye on them and very very hefty fines for fish dumping. Such as loss of quota or and take the boat.
simple if your going to waist a resource you lose the privilege.

ramcoed wrote: Its a waste alrite,but whos to say who dumped them ???commercial boat or recreational boat???one shouldn't be so quick to point fingers with out any proof at all!

why would a rec boat dump those.? find that difficult to swallow ..Proof or not that is a lot of good fish wasted by someone who does know better

Kezza wrote: "Others noted that a commercial longliner had been working in the bay, targeting skipjack tuna, and that the snapper, for which the fishermen would not have quota, had likely been deliberately dumped." Yep stopped reading after this gem!…almost as good as some of the "reporting" that goes on in here.

I'm sure lots of long liners target skippies . The trouble with many media reports is they quote absolutely anyone with an opinion and next minute it's a fact because it's on the internet!

It's a shocking waste and probably not from a surface longliner targeting skipjack, probably not from a commercial longliner targeting skipjack on the sea floor, it COULD possibly be from a rec fishing poacher who got a fright from a fisheries officer or a commercial snapper longliner (why? They look like prime fish) or a commercial netter (why? They look like prime fish). Maybe they were over quota, wrong species or perhaps gear failure. Maybe it was a type of snapper ebola. None of us know why. All we know is it is a despicable waste of fish and I hope the authorities get to the bottom of it.

BTW CBro I've moved this to 'Fisheries Management' so it gets the attention it deserves. I've left a link in the Briny Bar so as not to upset anyone

This place is great for conspiracy theories ...either that or we like to read into things a little further..where there is smoke there is fire( or at least its hot )

Fact is a hell of a lot of fish are being wasted,up and down the coast everyday of the year .Many of us are sick and tired of seeing dead and wasted fish of any size ,often by the net full ( as they are still in it )

The fisheries is under enormous pressure to be able to sustain itself at a level to be called productive and healthy .
We don't want to see fish wasted , it hits a few nerves when we see it like this.
It is easy to lay blame and point fingers .Those that have been picked up and photo in here would be some of them ..rest to sure there a lot more washed up in other areas or have sunk
The tip of the ice berg is all we see .

The plunder off the east coast off northland over the years ( huge purse seinlers ) took thousands of tonns of KY ,Hikurangi Fisheries stripped the snapper (Happy Youvich ) ..The crays ,scallops all hammered to death

As an Aucklander I know the East coast of northland like the back of my hand ,Grew up in Whangarei ,surfed up and down the coast ,diving,yachting,fishing ,climbed to the top of Mt Mania ,lived in the oil refinery and played around the tanks when it was being built .Those days we would set up a flood light off the tanker wharf and spear fish at night


As in an earlier it stated they showed no signs of being hooked

Well that only points to netting in that case

Maybe a reward should be offered that leads to identifying to whom dumped the fish...

Money talks and loose lips sinks ships

Interestingly my friend works on the odd boat doing repairs.

My comments were withdrawn because you turned it in to a pissing contest with comments such as the one regarding Auckland.

As my first comment said ' sad to see' and I don't want to wash down the problem as with wastage we most likely all feel the same way................. however, until the facts are determined much of the report is speculation and garbage, just like the rotting fish on the beach.

Take from that what you will, we all know there's a problem and some of us chose to pursue a different path to stop this. Speculation bullshoit and finger pointing won't help the cause one iota.

when are you going to get it through your skull that it's not coming from "commercial"…it's coming from the bloody system that allows it….until you and you kind stop trying to take on the coal-face rather than the actual reasons for it, you are on a hiding to nothing and why you struggle to raise support for any of your so called "causes".