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Haul nets smash “recovering” mulloway stocks
['Fishing World', 'Written By', 'Scott Thomas', 'Greg Finney', 'Var Molongui_Authorship_Byline_Params', 'Byline_Prefix', 'Byline_Suffix', 'Byline_Separator', 'Byline_Last_Separator', 'Byline_Link_Title']
Fishing World Australia
This is particularly concerning for a species that NSW Fisheries classified as depleted for over 20 years.
However, concerns soon emerged about how the 200kg catch limit was operating in the ocean haul fishery.
Under the current endorsement arrangements, one ocean haul crew can combine the 200kg catch limits of every ocean haul fishery endorsement holder participating in the same operation.
– What is the purpose of a 200kg catch limit that doesn’t limit your catch to 200kg?
Recovering stocks deserve recovering management, not loopholes that allow entire schools of large adult fish to be removed in a single operation.