Do my crab pots require floats?

[oldboot]

this under resourcing is not exclusive to the marine & fisheries......it is deliberate and systemic.

When was the last time any body saw an electrical inspector, a workplace & safety inspector or for that matter a traffic policeman doind anything other than speeding or alcahol inforcement.

This gvernment is very keen on spending money on telling how wonderfull it is, and paying its dozens of media consultants.....but it consistently fails to fund grass roots enforcement, education and other services.

cheers

[Razgo-]

It is simply a case of lack of man power. Now if our idiot government had actually used DPIF to manage the fisheries, then they could have given the DPIF all the people and boats that were given to the EPA. But the would rather double up on resources so they look good for the greens.

Dont worry, you are not the only one who is frustrated by this, you should talk to a lot of the boating and fisheries patrol and they are in the same frame of mind.

forgive my ignorance but whats a DPIF?

A crab pot is and always will be a fishing apparatus. Therefore it is illegal for anyone to intefere with it regardless of the condition its in.

I spoke at length with a guy from Boating and Fisheries Patrol. I wanted to somehow get permission to remove abandoned pots from nundah creek, but its not possible without legislation change. When I get the time I am going to start hounding the minister for a solution on this issue.

Boating and Fisheries Patrol will, and do remove illegal pots. However, when you consider they have 6 crews at pinkenba, and 2 at ...(wellington point?) to run the whole of the brisbane region and its tributaries you soon realise pretty quickly exactly how under resourced they are.

I need to contact the EPA (DERM) and get some indication of how many staff/boats they hae in action now.

this is where my theory if we deem an illegal crab pot "illegal" it then becomes "litter" so it will fall under litter regulations which would in turn allow anyone to remove the rubbish.

just a theory of course. and open to abuse i guess too.

I honestly beleive that the crab pot theft issues is smaller than people think. A lot of people claim that pots are stolen/ interfered with when actually they float away downstream in big tides and bait is taken by eels and bait fish.

One thing you will notice is that on very big tides you will always get a post here on AF stating that someone has had pots stolen.

yes it would be interesting to know how many are actually being stolen as opposed to being lost. I reckon we not not hear about half of it here but as a lot of fisherman don't even have Internet.

[slyman]

[quote=Razgo-;1089393]forgive my ignorance but whats a DPIF?

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DPIF = Department of Primary Industries & Fisheries

[Razgo-]

ta , So DPIF don't manage themselves?

[TheRealAndy]

ta , So DPIF don't manage themselves?

They do to the extent the legislation allows, or until the minister receives directives from premier...