really!!!
Submitted by piscetor on Tue, 2025-10-14 21:08
A mate was telling me about a friend living on a yatch with his missus and the fish they caught was filleted and put in the freeze for eating to help withthe money side of thing. well what i was told was fisheries borded the boat went through the freeze on board and done them for processing at sea. I dont know if thats true or not but if it is ,then its a bit rough as the boatwas there abode.
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Certainly a bit rough if
Certainly a bit rough if true. There are many out there that do that. Not to mention the ones that cut up their fresh tuna for sashimi while out there.
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Reefsta
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Harsh but tricky
Seems a bit of commonsense and use of discretion from Fisheries would have been the better way.Maybe just a warning that "technically" they were in breach. Can be hard to prove a boat is your place of residence and even the banks might need a postal address for a liveaboard, perhaps like a marina where you mainly berth. So boats you live aboard just get treated like any other boats. Had a mate living on his yatch through summer at Rotto a few years back. Over a week or two he'd accumulated a few more crays than they could eat (maybe 10) and kept them alive in a crate hanging off the transom, so he didn't need to use his pots for while. Got boarded and told the daily bag limit applied, so had to let any above the 8 limit go. He got off with a warning though.
Swompa
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This will be another case,
This will be another case, much like that bloke who got pinged for having too many in his catch bag, that needs a judge to determine the letter of the law.
To be completely honest, there is really no argument in the above two examples in my opinion. We know that there is a quantity that can be stores, and old mate storing crays in a basket overboard clearly shows his intention.
Its tough but if you think there is grey area, you need to protect your interests and go with the worst case....or print off some dodgy reciepts for shop purchased produce.
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Maybe a few empty Basa
Maybe a few empty Basa fillet bags lol
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Swompa
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Dont we all have a few kg's
Dont we all have a few kg's of woolies shit swamp fish and Aldi cray tails all the time?
Brock O
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Charters process at sea,
Charters process at sea, fillets must have skin left on I thought..
Rob H
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Unfortunately I think its
Unfortunately I think its pretty clear, you can only skin it "for immediate consumption", and freezing it clearly isnt so.
Unless they had a considerable quantity its hard to see why it wouldn't be just a warning.
If you are in that situation, they will ask you for any comments etc you have during interview and its pragmatic to ask for it to be noted that they have no evidence the fish was illegally caught purchased, undersize, or other allegations besides "inadvertantly processed".
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