Snapper sizes back down to 27cm

				Back in 2014 I wrote this .....Took long enough for the coffee smell to go  around ....Just maybe it may happen ..
 back in 2014 I wrote this on fish.net   Posted: 27 Oct 2014 at 6:21pm
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I say the size should be the same for both Coms and Recs.Least people fishing the inner areas could at least go home with a feed 
The changing of the size up to 300 was a no brainer..Mind you look at Nathan Guy ,hes got a silly look about him so one can expect whats happened when people like him put the god cap on
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Wayne Greenwood also ....>> Posted: 08 Oct 2014 at 9:06pm
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Plenty to talk about on this I'm sure.....

Since the size of Snapper has been decreased from 1st April how are you finding the new Regulations ???

1.. wastage, are you killing more fish by having to return to the sea that would of been legal prior to 01/04/2014 ?

2.. Would you have kept those fish if the new size had not been brought in ?

3.. Are you able to catch a feed of snapper without killing many fish sub 300 to 270 

With the new season about to kick off ( when the weather allows ) Everyone will be out fishing , I'm picking this new size will result in wholesale slaughter of perfect eating fish ,Commercial are allowed to keep from 25cm 
We Recreational fishers could now be classed as bad as Commercial for wastage ( but in fact worse as they keep the sizes we throw back...

How many hundreds of tonns increased wastage is this new size adding to an already stressed fishery ?( which was not the case in the past )

Are MPI going to further reduce our allowance because of this ?

4.. Do you think the size should be brought back down ?

5.. Should our size be reduced to 250 in line with Commercial ( thus reducing recreational wastage ) ?

Any talk about Increasing Commercial sizes could only happen with compulsory net changes !!

6.. Inner Harbour Fishers could be the ones most affected by the changes that occurred ? 

Good solid feedback would be most welcome to the above 
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