Gladstone haurbour closed to fishing

[Wazzup01]

There a few things that do not sound quite right to me at the moment about the harbour. I went out to the reef last friday night and on the trip home the bait tank plug found its way back into the plug hole after i had drained it before leaving my last fishing spot. When I got home I was washing the boat down and when I opened the bait tank to give it a rinse out I noticed that the tank was full because of the plug and the ammount of sediment that had built up on the bottom of the bait tank is something I have never seen before and i regularly bring livies home to put into the freezer. I have never in the 10 years I have lived and fished here seen that before.
Also interesting listening to the fisheries minister on ABC radio one morning this week. He was explaining how he was forming a scientific team to determine what was causing the issues we are having. The reason he was putting this team together was because no one knew what was causing the problem BUT he could say it was not the dredging and that is why the dredging has not stopped with the closures.
Also went for a drive to the lookout at Tannum today and you could see the line of dirty water and where the cleaner incoming tide had pushed. Yet another thing I cannot recall seeing as bad before. Maybe it has always been there and I have never really taken that much notice before. Don't Know but it is very concerning. At least it won't affect the tourism, they don't have any where to stay anymore due the construction companies booking all the hotels and caravan parks out

[Redone]

Has anyone heard anymore on the closure we are hearing rumours that there is going to be a 100km clousure from Gladstone. Any truth or just the usual mill

[Wazzup01]

That was reported on the Fishing World website Thursday last week apparently from a relible source. I have done a bit of research but cannot find anything else about it.

[Volvo]

Dead Fish in Gladstone harbour isnt a new occurance and wont be the last either..Talk to some of the older hands around here and theyll tell you its happened before , either from heavy rains and silt build up on the gills starving the fish from oxygen maybe?? and dumped by the heaploads...
Again in containment ponds in certain industry with workers being stopped to make sure nobody was taking any home for consumption..
Recently there was also rumour had it that a lot of the barra from the floods were stressed or starved where they ended up causing what was happening?? who knows?? ...
I also agree to an enquiry why this has happened as long as it is a proper enquirey and doubt it has anything to do with LNG or Dredging alone as a matter of fact.
Mind you the traffic this harbour has experienced in the last months has been unprecedent and everything above combined may have had a contribution towards it?.
lets wait and see what transpires and what is said at the end of the day..
I just hope it isnt a first step towards a restriction of boating up towrds the narrows where all the construction and hence towards the LNG plants ..
Have heard it said that in certain parts of the globe there's an out of bounds to boaties or publics for "X" Kilometers within these plants..
Just like the 100 mter rule within Wharfes here in the harbour now..
Having innitially grown up in an Industrial area "Wollongong" with Port Kembla Industry just down the road there was alway write ups in the lcal rag of contaminated Fish eg "Black Fish" caugjht on occasions in the harbour.
Where once people ate Mussels off the piles of the wharves one would have to be dumb or know better to do so in later years again because of testing..
Mind you Port kembla harbour didnt have the tidal run through it like gladstone has ..
Patience i think and see what comes out in the wash...