Tzer wrote:
While this may have been initiated by MPI it was done with National Research Bureau (NRB) and NIWA (the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research) help. So if you lot dont accept the survey results tell me should have conducted the survey? It appears to me that as recreational fisherman you dont want to believe that recreational aren't doing harm to fish stocks and not matter what commercial are solely to blame for what ever state our fisheries are in. Before last elections you all believed that a change in government & Stuart Nash was going to be the saviour for our fisheries, so how did that work out for you. |
cirrus wrote: Two parallel threads here. One saying recreational take two much. The other providing figures that say recreational catch in sn1 has fallen by around 21%. Umm-----??? |
FizFisho wrote: What do the commercial guys do with undersized fish, arent they 25cm still? I mean long liners, those new nets seem to let the babys out. Im wondering do they count the dead undersized fish in their commercial estimates? |
MightyBoosh wrote: If the commercials had to land everything they caught and their quota was based on total biomass landed, they would soon sort their **** out and use more selective fishing methods. Assuming the rules enforced of course. |
v8-coupe wrote:
I have made that suggestion at each of the meetings I have been to. The reply from the commercial sector representative is basically if bring all home is applied to industry then it should apply to the rec sector as well. |
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