Transporting whole fish
Submitted by stricko on Sun, 2025-07-27 17:32
Just noticed in the new fisheries guide and it's high lighted .when travelling between bioregions if the fish in your possession includes whole fish the bag limit for the bioregion where you are located applies. So only 4 dermersals in the west coast zone regardless of where they were caught. What about when the demersal closure is on.oh and thanks rec fish west for making the 10kg limit state wide when the fisheries only proposed doing it in the west coast zone.
Rob H
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I think it means when
I think it means when transporting by boat?
Such as catching a pinkies and steaming into inner gulfs of Shark Bay, catching in one zone and landing them in the next one (West Coast/South Coast etc)
It certainly is poorly worded as once your fish are landed, "bag limits" are no longer relevant, only possession limits?
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Reefsta
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Likely transport at sea, not once landed.
I agree, the language is poor and confusing. The same language about transporting was used about crays. The wording said you couldn't transport cray tails. But in the end I figured they meant at sea, not once landed.