Fish size limits, quotas, fines, and licensing

[Mike Fox]

Found this and thought it might be food for thought: http://www.chron.com/news/article/Texas-fisherman-s-photo-of-enormous-red-drum-goes-4998568.php

 

Mike

[gaffa]

As you say Mike ...Food for thought

 

With my luck and fishing skills i have full confidence that I could never be photograhed in this situation

 

But what will the future hold????

 

Peteg

[Mike Fox]

Lots of messages for me here...

- Licensing seems to have been accepted easily;

- Constraints on bags and size limits seems to be agreed to help fish stocks for all

- Limits designed to preserve the breeding fish

- Flouting size/bag limits is considered socially unacceptable (and this might be the biggest surprise for me)

- Authorities willing to act with punitive fines.

 

Wonder if something similar would work for bass....might stop them being commercially targeted!

 

Mike

[Coddy]

I am sure if you relate this to the pictures of Cod caught already, I wonder how many of the this species have been released?

I suspect not that many, now I would love to catch a Cod or codling but I would like to think I would only keep one as I do like fresh fish but how many recreational anglers keep all they catch?

 

How many fish get filleted and frozen and then forgotten or given away to friends?

 

I hope none gets sold!

 

I suspect that ALL anglers need to start thing about bag limits for the majority of limited fish in our seas, we need to practice what we preach if attacking commercial fishing regarding discards and over fishing.

 

This is all getting a bit heavy for the first day of the New Year!

 

Happy New Year to all

 

Dave