640 tonnes of Reef Fish seized

[Deelirious]

It must me much more complicated than us the mere public and citizens of Australia realise, and this must be the reason we are constantly told to "trust the Government" as they are doing all they can.

Bollocks - someone is making money out of this.

If the Australian Government has the balls to back the Australian Wheat Board into an anti democratic and illegal negotiation and sales excercise with Iraq under the guise of "International Aid" and "oil for food", it wouldn't surprise me if the people responsible for making decisions in relation to stopping illegal fishing aren't getting kickbacks from the crims as well.

It's about the only thing that makes sense otherwise we would have stopped it.

Lets see, Little Johnny started getting some bad PR about illegal immigrants and look at the extent he went to stopping that - new laws the whole bit - he even threw children overboard!

[hussy]

luck for them they are not aussies,if they were they would be doing community service by now. with that much fish they would get 50 or even 60 hours at a retirement villiage mowing the grass. bob

[jim_farrell]

Firstly, I don't understand how the government can justify taking someones boat and tackle if found with one out of season barra on board. Yet this boat in NT must of been fishing for over a week to get that much.(Not that I condone keeping the Barra).
Secondly, every second post in this news section brings up issues with the government. However, we are only bitching to other fisho's by posting our thoughts here.
Can we nominate a politition each week that we can all email on issues that arise on this board. At least then we would be bitching to someone who can make changes, not just each other. I feel that if I alone email a local member it will have little effect, however, if a couple of hundred of us did this articulately we would be hard to disregard.

[jim_farrell]

OOPs. old thread, sorry.

[BAIT_MAN]

Secondly, every second post in this news section brings up issues with the government. However, we are only bitching to other fisho's by posting our thoughts here.
Can we nominate a politition each week that we can all email on issues that arise on this board. At least then we would be bitching to someone who can make changes, not just each other. I feel that if I alone email a local member it will have little effect, however, if a couple of hundred of us did this articulately we would be hard to disregard.

flick
We at TFPQ’s aim to provide a political arm to enhance the efforts of the apolitical groups and take their common message to government and challenge the power currently held by the green party at a political level. No amount of lobbying, no amount of “peak body representation” and no industry council, can hope to achieve the leverage of a group who can actually deliver votes. Not just recommend members vote a particular way, but actually collect the votes, and trade them off in preference deals for a better outcome for their members. It needs to be made very clear. The greens have political power because they collect and then distribute votes (preference arrangements) and until we can do the same we will continue to get a raw deal.

[jim_farrell]

Cheers Shane. I'm fairly new to this site, and knew very little of the fishing party prior to becoming an ausfish member.
Went into your site after posting yesterday and am getting up to speed with what you are about. Trying to get my head around a lot of the issues that until now I didn't know exist. I'm embarressed that I have been fishing for 20 years on the gold coast and didn't realise the pressure on rec fisho's in the bay and up on the reef.
Just trying to get up to speed and contribute where I can.
Thanks again.

[Derek_Bullock]

I'm embarressed that I have been fishing for 20 years on the gold coast and didn't realise the pressure on rec fisho's in the bay and up on the reef.

Flick

The following is an election promise of the Beattie Government.

In keeping with the Queensland Government's commitment to establish marine parks from the Gold Coast to the Gulf of Carpentaria, a number of new marine parks are proposed.

Keeping that in mind, you guys at the Gold Coast should start now to look at the possibilities of losing at least 30% of your fishing areas when they decide to create a Gold Coast Marine Park. I know the Govt havent said anything yet but you can bet your last sinker that it will eventually happen.

Please dont say I am sensationalist in saying that but the writing is definately on the wall.

Maybe you should be talking to people like KC, Shane in Brisbane, Al at Townsville, Daryl at Hervey Bay or the guys on Bribie to look at setting up a Gold Coast Branch of the Fishing Party.

Time is running out and it seems the Fishing Party are the only ones doing anything so far.

Regards


Derek

[baldyhead]

I would consider that 30% would be THE ABSOLUTE MINIMUM, more likely 70+% as happened in the Cairns region...as Derek said "TIMES RUNNING OUT"