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Well, I am blown away by these responses, firstly these guys are doing a job.
20 years ago effects of over fishing our resources werent the issue they are today with population growth, I think it is fair to say that protecting these resources is paramount for future generations.
We might think fining people for these small offences now is unfair but a hardlined approach now will improve our chances of catching a feed in another 20 years.
We call traffic police revenue raises for giving people speeding tickets and yet this is how we save a future generations lives and this has been an issue for a while.
Now we are talking about the survival of our fish stocks, do we let the old fella go because he didnt see the speed limit sign on the highway?
You might see this as a different circumstance but our fisheries guys are protecting our fish stocks with the same vigour our police are protecting our lives.
It might hurt our hip pocket when we make the wrong decision so make sure you are educated and then make the right decision.
Please dont take protection of our fish stocks too lightly.
I would like to applaud the fisheries for the job they are doing, its not a job I would like to do
nobites i agree that protecting stocks is important and i have coped a floging over this but my opinion is my opinion and i do agree with all those against me on this but these fines i have listed previously in this thread are not stock threating as the fillerts were over 40cm with skin on so they were legal and in bag limit. he didnt take undersized fish to threaten the stocks and the other rules broken a ramp were not either.i follow the law and agree with it but with one officer watching him load fillets into his boat i cant explain why there is a difference in 2 officers except 1 has commonsense and the other is a fine book
save our fish but save our sport or we will lose it.
m69 realistically it is revenue raising because it doesnt save the fish or save the fish stocks but i said it and now have to stand by it even if i get flak over it. thanks for point that out mate...
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