Illegal crabber's boat crushed

[charleville]

I'll bet ya that this gets a few cheers from Ausfishers ...



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http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/envi...020-16tzs.html



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[darrend65]

Absolute stupidity crushing it - should of been auctioned and the proceeds gone to a VMR.

But still good to see they got punished

[DAVE_S]

Wonder who got the motor .

[charleville]

Absolute stupidity crushing it - should of been auctioned and the proceeds gone to a VMR.

I would disagree on that, Darren because, even to me as an honest, law abiding fisho, the very sight of seeing that boat crushed made my stomach turn a bit.


I reckon that there would be few fishos, legal or illegal, who don't have a special fondness for their boat and to see the photos of that happening would put a sinking feeling in the stomach of anyone engaged in illegal crabbing, I reckon.


The deterrent value of such photos has got to be worth a lot more than the fines.


The article mentions that "So far this year, 135 illegal crabbers have been given spot fines totalling $48,300, and five have been taken to court on crabbing offences, where they have been fined a total of $130,800."


That level of fines would go nowhere near paying the total cost of the fisheries operations in catching the 140 illegal crabbers, I suspect. The fines just don't seem like a lot of money to me. Better, imho, to do something especially graphic like crushing the boat and smashing it into tiny bits.


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[cormorant]

I hope they charged him the disposal costs as well!!!!!

Hope it is just a publicity job as I hate seeing waste but if it stops mongrels.

Problem these plicks buy their own boat back or their mates do. They need to be given sentences that prevent them being in or on a boat or in posession of any fishing gear for many years or Goal time happens. Hard to enforce with so few officers but that hanging over them might make em a bit more worried

Money is smallest penalty for them as money is cheap when you rape the ocean, sell to shops or mates for cash- not like they have paid tax on it and probably did 50 pots and only owned 5..

Stop their access and any enjoyment from being near water so they have no further illegal income

[Steeler]

What about the glamor ?.

[Sandman]

Should be cast into a Large ALUMINIUM MUD CRAB what a waste although i understand the reason , but i agree money towards fishing ? Anyway point taken we take your boat u take crab

[tunaticer]

I had pictured in my mind the guy would be in an old clapped out tinnie rather than a fairly new boat. Hope he was present to watch the demolition of his hard earned bucks and got that real bottom of the gut queasiness about it all. Every year for the next decade they should send him images of his boat being crushed.

[Jeremy]

fantastic story. I heard the reason the boat was crushed was due to the multiple secret compartments under the floor which would really only be of use to someone using the boat for illegal purposes.

[PinHead]

a ridiculous waste..the pics don't worry me in any way. Just fill the comparments with foam and sell it.

I don't have any affinity for any boat and I do not believe the pics are a deterrent at all.

Give him such massive fines that he needs to sell his house and any other possessions to pay them.

I can see his insurance claim form:

Q. Describe incident when boat was damaged.

A. collision with a Hyundai excavator.

[Chris Ryan]

Cut the hull a chunk and sink the bugger for a reef!!!

[brisbane_boy]

That could of been photoshopped and the same result, pretty stupid to waste a good boat.

[TimiBoy]

I wonder if any work has actually been done to truly understand the deterrent value of crushing someone's possessions?

I have an issue with it if it is security on a loan, because that punishes the lender, who is unrelated. But if the deterrent value is proven, and it's owned freehold, crush away, imo.

But if the deterrent value is no more than "hey, let's try this," says Anna, "It might work." then that is simply the destruction of money for the sake of PR, and that is unforgivable.

Does anyone know if the research has been done?

Cheers,

Tim

[PADDLES]

surely seeing someone else legally out fishing in your boat and then having to save up for another one would be a pretty good deterrent?

i suspect that there was actually no government policy on how to legally sell it and use the proceeds for a good cause. ie. it was probably easier for them to just scrap it from a red tape point of view. would have been a nice donation to an SES unit though given the amount of rain we've been having lately.

[Leon Kruse]

Absolute stupidity crushing it - should of been auctioned and the proceeds gone to a VMR.

But still good to see they got punished

totally agree with you darren but to add to it, they should take his license off him permanantly so can never own another boat