Fishing bans

 Wonder due to us knowing the fishing ban was coming so no one for ages posted their catches hurt us. They do look At us.???


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 I think we have all known

Mon, 2026-02-09 08:04

 I think we have all known that holding a dead animal up for a photo has been on the nose of an ever increasing part of the population.

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I see the problem is that all

Wed, 2026-02-11 08:55

I see the problem is that all the soft c@#ks ser the photos weather it be an animal taken while hunting or a nice catch of fish and kick up a stink. Yet they will sit down to a feed of meat or fish that is farmed . Double standard. It's all in our nature to hunt or fish. I will keep posting pics. Unfortunately all those in the west coast region are unable to . 

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dead things

Thu, 2026-02-19 21:35

 Greeny bastards. they would eat a dead rat if they had to or starve. How do they think humans servived for so many thousands of years, ? what just eating yams and weeds.

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dhu hunters

Wed, 2026-02-11 10:20

 unfortunately they watch the facebook pages as well and people regularly posting 4 x 10kg+ dead dhu bangers on deck definately did not help

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 Not sure that would be the

Wed, 2026-02-11 15:12

 Not sure that would be the case. Who knows but maybe the lack of big dhuy pics got them thinking they are starting to decline. Personally I don't think peolpe who do the research are to interested in facebook pics. The science that was done showed a decline. Maybe the science methods were wrong but that's all they had to use and that's what they did use. People try and hide what they are doing and tell others not to post on social media. They won't support fisheries research by donating frames ect so in away us as recs haven't helped ourselves.

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 Totally agree mate 

Thu, 2026-02-12 21:37

 Totally agree mate 

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Having a listen to this now,

Thu, 2026-02-19 10:10

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ABC Ban forum

Thu, 2026-02-19 11:37

I heard it yesterday.I've listened to that Jessica Meeuwig speak a few times now and what a piece of of work she is just pushing her own agenda.The way she delivers her information is very manipulative to the people that aren't fully aware of this crappy situation.

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Abc forum

Thu, 2026-02-19 21:38

 Heard her as well. the old adage -- when do you know a politician is lieing, their lips move.

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 WAFIC didn't help their

Thu, 2026-02-19 16:21

 WAFIC didn't help their cause by whinging about how much time they were given and going in half arsed by the looks. RECFISHWEST had the same time frames and seemed to be able to get their act together.

The interesting comment by WAFIC that nothing should change for them but ban rec fishing hasen't helped their cause.

When up in Broome we pushed fisheries hard to sort out the issue of stock depletion with threadfin salmon. It was only after the pro netter was removed we saw a huge change in the fishery. From having threadie competitions on a yearly basis and for several years seeing bugger all threadies getting caught to now being a quality fishery and able to catch a feed goes to show what management of a fishery can achieve. The local Barramundi fishing has improved markedly aswell now the local creeks aren't being raped.

As for Jessica she is a piece of work thats for sure, funny how the first thing she bought up was that camera on sand playing spot the jewie.I'd say she has copped a fair bit of shit for that. She needs to go back and listen to what she said at the time.

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Listening to that, which was

Fri, 2026-02-20 08:07

Listening to that, which was covered by the experts from each sector, Science, Professional Sector and Rec Fish...Gov.

My take on the discussion..

- Mandatory reporting will be implemented for Rec fishes in 20 months time.

- Marine / Demersal recovery no go zones will be increased ten folds.

- Shorter fishing periods, catch limits to come

- Inshore Snapper and Deep drop access could see different guidelines.

Its all based on the older, larger breeding fish. Fair to say the Pro sector couldn't give two fks about Rec fishes..

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 I've heard from a very

Sun, 2026-02-22 15:37

 I've heard from a very reliable source the whole west coast is under review. 

Like you say mate wholsale changes a coming and it won't be like it used to be, might actually fuck my fishing opportunities forever. 

With the Libs an absolute basket case they offer no viable alternatives, just Basil trying to gain political mileage. 

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Labor did what?

Thu, 2026-02-26 17:53

Labor did what?

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The Libs support this, do

Thu, 2026-02-26 19:52

The Libs support this, do you? The commercial fishing sectors called for;

•Full demersal closure of Perth Metro
•Reallocate 20t of demersal catch in the West Coast from recreational to commercial
•Nine-month demersal closure across remaining West Coast
•No rec access beyond 40m from Lancelin to the Abrolhos
•Mandatory catch reporting.
Recreational tag system for all bioregions
•Reduced rec bag limits
•Close Area 3 of the Pilbara zone to rec fishing
•new demersal licence and shore based licence
•commercial only areas in waters deeper than 40m between Lancelin and the Abrolhos islands
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 Nope old Basil is not doing

Fri, 2026-02-27 08:28

 Nope old Basil is not doing anything to win my vote but labour never has either. I do support some form of commerical fishing to supply the australian and local market and maybe fish caught from the west coast region is only to be supplied to the local market only? it might become more expensive but at least there is access to the supply for those who want Dhu fish on the menu. 

 

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 Nope old Basil is not doing

Fri, 2026-02-27 08:28

 Nope old Basil is not doing anything to win my vote but labour never has either. I do support some form of commerical fishing to supply the australian and local market and maybe fish caught from the west coast region is only to be supplied to the local market only? it might become more expensive but at least there is access to the supply for those who want Dhu fish on the menu. 

 

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 My thoughts exactly Brock O.

Fri, 2026-02-20 08:27

 My thoughts exactly Brock O.

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 I don't think the lack of

Mon, 2026-02-23 10:55

 I don't think the lack of photos on this site made any difference   Facebook and YouTube had plenty of evidence of people taking 4 good sized breeders to show what is out there.

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 Basil is beating his chest

Fri, 2026-02-27 10:14

 Basil is beating his chest like he is important, problem is he doesn't have the numbers in parliament to change the vote. Reality is most recfishers seem to accept something needs to change and only a minority are whinging. Pros or fish mongers are taking the piss out of the public with their prices on the shop floor at the moment ,so I can't see it being affordable for the general public to be buying fresh fish from them.

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 $115 a kilo for Rankon and

Fri, 2026-02-27 12:15

 $115 a kilo for Rankon and $150 for red emperor

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 Luckily I enjoy red meat. I

Fri, 2026-02-27 12:22

 Luckily I enjoy red meat. I am savoring the trout etc from the last trip.

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 Basil is really harping on

Fri, 2026-02-27 10:16

 Basil is really harping on about alot of subjects lately but isn't offering any solutions or promising any action himself. 

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