TV 1 thismorning.  Trident states, "the power is with the fishman",

Would you not think the govt could enforce it as both? Seems very weak management to me. 

Enforcement = government and industry spin to try and pacify the angry public

And because the fisherman has total control over the footage it will only be used to "justify" more quota etc.

It sounds suspiciously so, doesn't it.
So it goes...."so mr fisherman, was it a good day?" "Yup, got fifty bins of gurnard as planned.".."can we look at the film?" "Sure!"
Next day, ditto, and so on for a month, then....
"So how did you go today?" " Terrible! we were trolling along, then the bag just got caught on the bottom or something, popped open and we lost a bag full of fish! Luckily we already had most of what we wanted of gurnard,so it wasn't a total disaster...."
"Gosh, that's a shame, we have reports of miles of dumped snapper out there, mind if we look at your footage today?"
"Nope, pluck off".
"Oh, righto then, see you tomorrow then!" Wink wink
"No worries" wink wink.

Because it won't be just saying "5 snapper, three kahawai and a JD"
It'll be
Time of departurure.
Location of catch (GPS coordinates)
Location of snapper
Weights/length of each snapper
Location of kahawai
Weight/length of each kahawai
Location of JD
Weight/length of each JD
Number of fish caught and released.
Species of released fish
Size of released fish.
Baits used
Lures used.
Name of all anglers on vessel.
Name of boat
Type/make of boat
Time of return
Copy for MPI
Copy for doc
Copy for self.
Daily return (including non fishing days)
Weekly return (including non fishing days)
Monthly return (inc non fishing days)
Triplicate copies of each.
$750 instant fine for not making weekly returns within two weeks
$7500 fine for not making monthly returns within thirty days.

There, that's not so bad us it? It is for the good of the fishery after all, surely you don't mind helping to improve fish stocks? It's for the public good.
Oh, because we need to hire more staff to run these numbers, there is a $25 fee for each daily report, a $75 fee for each weekly report and a $125 fee for each monthly report...user pays you know, it IS for the good of the fisheries after all......

The other thing that will happen is that the recreational sector will be given a Total Allowable Recreational Catch (TARC) for each species, and as the population increases the daily bag limit will decrease until you get the situation where you will only be allowed to catch a certain species on X days of the year and only one or two of that species each time. This is what has happened in some states in the US with some fish species.  

Marligator wrote: The other thing that will happen is that the recreational sector will be given a Total Allowable Recreational Catch (TARC) for each species, and as the population increases the daily bag limit will decrease until you get the situation where you will only be allowed to catch a certain species on X days of the year and only one or two of that species each time. This is what has happened in some states in the US with some fish species.

PJC...Who has been giving all along?  They are in the position they are because they have always taken all they can, never given.

 Sorry guys wrong thread.