Boating & fisheries patrol, visible presence

[bugman]

I know this for a fact:

The State Govt and fisheries use "the threat" of enforcement as the major tool in fisheries enforcement.

Simple as that - from the horses mouth.

Brett

[Barralundee]

Never had my boat checked in 20 years. Have only been checked in others boats twice in the same time. One in the Bribie Passage and one in NSW. Not what I would call enforcment. Have seen plenty of undersize fish in boats at the ramp that I would like to have seen busted. I am all for more Fisheries enforcment. Nothing to hide, nothing to worry about!

Darryl

[oldboot]

Seems to me that there is a trend to nominate very heavy "threat penalties" and employ very few inspectors.... this is right across the board... building, electrical and so on.

there are plenty out there who are more than happy to take their chances and are quick and bold enoiugh to get away with it.

they know their chances of getting caught in particular places and at particular times is next to nothing.

cheers

[snasman]

Have seen them 3 times in 20 odd years of boating 2 of them this year, both times at night midweek and both times I was told that my life jackets were dirty,(reflector are clean)when I said they would be better off to walk out to the end of the shornecliff pier on one occasion ,they had to go else where,the first time I was a young fella and I reckon they just wanted to perve on the shelia I was with at the time.They didnt check my esky .
Personally I thought what stupid times to be out doing spot checks,11.30 at night(Baxters jetty ramp) and right on dusk in the south pine,midweek,a team of them should walk out to the end of the shornecliff pier during uni holidays and it would net them some serious fines.Well thats my 2 cents worth.

[Fish Guts]

have been checked maybe twice in the last 10 years. recently last one was about 3 months ago. very good to deal with and nice guys in my experiences.

cheers

fish guts

[stesslecc60]

guday all,
was checked out by the fisho's at easter, giv'n a warning for a torn life jacket. Went through all my gear replaced what needed replacing. You would'nt guess it, out on the bay 2 weeks later(Hervey Bay), fined $150 by the water police cause i forgot to take my flares , sad part is 0.3 of a nm closer to land i wouldnt have needed them

cheers Paul

[385EXPLORER]

Seen em only once on the Tweed,We hailed them to stop to tell them about the dozen or so oriental folk under the bridge collecting 12cm bream,nice guys but were'nt that interested,so we educated them ourselves

[whitingkiller]

been on the water for 25 years..no contact with fisho's for last 5 years, but checked 2 in a month in October this year!!....my son didn't have his lifejacket on while under way..but is not required by law as boat is greater than 4.8mtrs..
fisho's thied to argue the point and when i said show me the evidence!...he dived into his bag of tricks and could not find anything..told me that he left it on his desk in the office, BUT INSISTED i was still wrong....i just shook my head and drove off...d**kheads!
Where are they when the prawns are on and the gooks are filling up esky after esky with oversize nets?
where are they around xmas time when the gooks run out 50 pots targeting mud crabs and keep everything...
Maybe the government needs to pay these guys for weekend work and give them 2 days during the week off as their "weekend"

[Blackened]

so we educated them ourselves

G'day

And what university did you send them too?

Dave

[LeeannP]

Pulled up twice in 20 years and we're on the water all the time.

If the department is concerned about budgets, forget about putting the inspectors in boats ($$) and let them inspect catches as boats are retrieved at the ramps.

[Flattie Assassin]

Pulled up twice in 20 years and we're on the water all the time.

If the department is concerned about budgets, forget about putting the inspectors in boats ($$) and let them inspect catches as boats are retrieved at the ramps.

spot on Leanne. I have never seen them ever. It's a joke.

[385EXPLORER]

Dave,
Do you need to go to uni to learn the minimum legal size for bream?

[Crestcutter]

What Dave meant too say i think is did you send them too The University of Smack In The Mouth. Or The University Of Verbal Abuse?

[Blackened]

G'day

Spot on Crestcutter

Dave

[imnotoriginal]

Never met one before in my life. I rarely go boating, but lets be honest, not all people who are taking undersize fish are in boats. From the sounds of it the sand pumping jetty is a case in point. The lack of policing is just ridiculous.
Joel