Cpt.Pugwash wrote: ... many worldly situations, wars, famines, genocides and financial and political rackets. |
Cpt.Pugwash wrote: Well I would say that the SINGLE most pressing issue that this site has to promote is the catastrophic state of NZ fishing stocks (big negative) and address by who, when and how this massive problem will be resolved. Every other issue in this site fades into insignificance.There comes a time when the $$$$ has to play second fiddle certainly when the cause is so in need of support NOW not in 10 years. Yes there's a - Fishing Management - section and well there's many a good informative post made but its right now that a HUGE effort is needed.@hookerpuka - I agree I've posted a lot of crap but its been sprinkled with some good stuff as well and I do attempt to open up a dialogue, pose questions . I've noticed that many of my critics very rarely start a thread they remain - feeders - people that feed off another persons initiative by posting smart arsse aggressive comments. Takes all types. To the members who want only fishing news ( and photo's of binned snapper) I liken it to the guy who continues to buy the PLAYBOY and has done for 20 years.....duh Its good to understand that there are many issues associated with fishing, food value,distribution by who, export and who should own the shores. |
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cirrus wrote: Tend to agree with you geoff about the West Coast getting better. Any thoughts on why.? Used to fish the Wellington west coast years ago. What a fishery.Not sure what it is like now . Back track to the few years before the trawl exclusion zone in the west coast. Winter trevelly on the manukau was what i liked. Never failed,always a good catch. Ironically did not see that many Gurnard back then. The Manukau was also heavily netted then. Was usual to see at least one refrigerated truck at the ramp at Huia,sometimes more. Then suddenly for no reason the Trevelly vanished. Great one winter ,nothing the next.Very sudden decline which has continued until the last few seasons.. They vanished the same year the trawl ban was introduced. But after all this time the Trevelly seem to be returning. Just seen your post Denny Boy. You too have seen the improvement. There you go. I suspect the Trawl ban had had a big influence on this. The West coast bio mass was heavily fished back in the day. Heard from a reliable source that foreign chartered Trawlers took most of Quota during the Spawning season. Have never forgotton the words of a fisheries officer who was checking my catch back then. He said something to the effect that it seemed to be a double standard to check my small catch when a lot of fish were being dumped outside the heads. He went on to explain ,that trawlers targeted the snapper as they entered the harbour by hitting them not far off the heads as they has distinct migration paths into the harbour. As a result the discard of undersize was high. |
letsgetem wrote: Ive generally kept out of "controversial" issues. Not because I don't care about them Just a couple of views - - I feel the controversial issues are actually the most important, for fishing. - I would hate for the controversial issues to be relegated to somewhere sort of out of sight (as appears to have happened). - Pugwashes comments seem reasonable to me. |
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