On the news tonight it said the haurbour was close to fishing due to the fish have sores on them, they have been sent away for testing weeks ago,looks like a after affect from the floods or dredgeing stiring up some nasties,there has been fisherman going to hospital with bad infections from cuts while filliting fish and spikes ,its not good for the area and all involved in the industry fishing wise ,does anyone know anything more about this other from whats been on the news.
fish from harbours should never been eaten, these area are full of shit, toxic matter and other crap.
why take the risk!!!
that's a interesting statement considering when you catch a fish somewhere you don't know where it has come from or is heading to.Originally Posted by Hell Boy
fish could swim up the river and back again in a tide rotation i'm guessing?
i'm certainly not saying the fish are good or bad to eat
if the water was that bad the fish would probably not be there anyway
ken
Gladstone harbour covers a bit of area. I would say a lot of people living elsewhere in Qld probably are thinking of harbour as in an artificial harbour. Gladstone is a natural harbour
Apparently there is alot of dead barra from the floods, buggered eyes, lesions etc. They reakon there is high sulphur levels in the harbor as well from all the dredging of marine sediment which is releasing all the sulphur
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I love how it says anglers can be fined up to $200 000 for ignoring the ban. What a slap in the face. Are we allowed to C&R or do we have to accept the fact we are now armchair and computer fisherman!
Very interesting sulphur, i thought that someones sediments or catchment ponds might have over flowed in the floods some were and that might have something to do with it ,but if the dredgeing is adding to it that means that this has been a ongoing problem for the area for many years and i dont think it will go away any time soon ,you would think that with all the water testing that goes on these days someone would have picked this up earlyer, thats if it has not been covered up, its a real shame that a lot of barra have died as the ones that have come from the dam would have given the area a great boost in the salt if they had of beable to breed, hopefully some have found the fiztroy river and added to the system there.
So why do they hold thousands of live coral trout in the Gladstone marina, surely this can't be good for the fish or potentially for the people that eat them.
No catch and release either. As for the dead barra these fish would have most certainly come from the dam and how fish manage going suddenly from pristine fresh water to the normal bacteria ridden saltwater who knows. Weather they are stressed to the point of lowering their disease resistance who knows.
As for the dredging I can't believe the fish are not under stress and so they become like humans suceptable to disease but like in humans you can't measure stress just the consequences.
Having just spent a few days up "The Narrows" & another planned trip for November this was shocking news (the day after we returned) . I hope the authorities can get to the bottom of it ...... for everyones sake!
Now while the closure is a drastic measure & would not have been taken at a whim - there is no doubt that it is the right thing to do & those effected need to suck it up and realise that it is their health that has prompted this action. Until they can isolate the where & why , the risk appears too great .
Reading some of the comments - I just love how special interest groups jumped on this action and pointed their finger straight at the LNG project (dredging) as the cause of this & the deaths of sea turtles & dugongs (dredging is common place in most harbours..... regardless of a pipeline being laid) ......... personally I have a sneaking suspicion that this is all to do with the floods . In the weeks after the spill Barra were seen / caught with lesions , cloudy eyes from the pools below the Awoonga dam wall (I'm guessing water quality) - eventually these fish moved out of the system enmass and have either infected other barra / fish or these are the fish that are causing the problem.
No , I applaud the closure ........ better to be safe than sorry!!!!
Chris
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Teach him how to fish
& he will sit in a boat - & drink beer all day!
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More info here
http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/28_20943.htm
i caught a tagged barra in the fitzroy 6 weeks ago that had been tagged at Lake Awonga 6 years and he was a beatiful clean fish so hopefully it doesn't continue up into there
Don't know of any live trout held in the harbour, as far as I am aware live trout are moved straight from ship to tanker transport. Got a mate due in with a load of fish at the moment & he has to go to Mackay to unload. The whole thing must be a nightmare for the pros. Not real flash for the locals or tourism sector either, I'm supposed to be doing a week trip into the Colloseum system mid November, hope it's open by then.
Cheers Andrew
It looks as though the QSIA, local groups/organisation, politicians are the like are not going to be satisfied with the eventual outcome unless it is somehow linked to the dredging that is occuring.
Personally, I am interested in the reports of excessive slime on the fish and in the fishing nets.
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