Strange no one takes responsibility.cost Roger 3k for towing a lure which he forgot he even had out.making passage barrier to Brett .went to knights for lunch.potted by a charter boat.1998 made donation via whangarei court to some northland bird fund

Typical Government stuff up.......Lethal.

Wouldn't count on it mate. I got video footage of commercial cray pots waaayyy inside goat island reserve. Had the vessels name and I'd number on them, plus footage on my plotter which very clearly showed they were inside the marked reserve boundary. Sent it to mpi and got a response about 6 weeks later saying there was insufficient evidence....

petethemeat wrote: From what is said above they are not in the reserve. They are in a commercial exclusion zone of which the must be plenty around the coast. I do hope they get busted although I suspect it may unfortunately not be as severe as you might think. To me it makes sense that its not DOC but rather MPI as they aren't in the Poor Knights reserve. Don- must have been bad luck- I still find Barrier pretty good. Crays can be hit and miss but way better than Mercs/Coro way.

Sounds to me as thought the commercial exclusion zone is part of the reserve when you read this....

When the reserve was originally founded in 1981, commercial fishing was banned, but recreational fishing was still allowed. A full ban on fishing was finally implemented seventeen years later in 1998.[3] Currently, it is prohibited to disturb marine life or remove rocks or shells in the marine reserve. No commercial fishing is permitted within one nautical mile (1,852 m) and long lining is the only commercial fishing permitted between one and three nautical miles. The islands are a popular diving location due to the variety of marine fauna found there, and are popular also for their intriguing landforms, which include natural arches and caves.

petethemeat wrote: Raging Bull wrote: The Poor Knights Islands Marine Reserve is a protected area off the coast of the North Island of New Zealand. The reserve, established in 1981 and covering an area of 2400 ha, is administered by the Department of Conservation. But they were not inside the reserve.

Does the law still stand regarding having fishing gear onboard when in a reserve.having fish gear onboard even though your not fishing that you can still be prosecuted because there is the potential to fish?

Interesting comments on the commercial fishing forums on Facebook, seems a lot don't agree with this and a lot won't even fish on long weekends

MarkE wrote: pjc wrote: Does the law still stand regarding having fishing gear onboard when in a reserve.having fish gear onboard even though your not fishing that you can still be prosecuted because there is the potential to fish?   I doubt there was ever such a law.

i stand to be corrected but would it not be on the owner of vessel to prove they had no intention of fishing.The same would apply if on holiday and you had scuba gear but had been free diving for paua,what is one suppose to do with scubagear?leave on another vessel or beach?

pjc wrote: Does the law still stand regarding having fishing gear onboard when in a reserve.having fish gear onboard even though your not fishing that you can still be prosecuted because there is the potential to fish?

If it were a rec he would have got his fine in his post box already bloody BS that is!