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FISHING NEWS

fishingworld.com.au | March 2015 | 23

NSW has three new Fisheries Patrol

Vessels to target illegal fishing activity

along the state’s coast. Minister for

Primary Industries Katrina

Hodgkinson said the three high-speed

vessels – to be based at Port Macquarie,

Tuncurry and Batemans Bay – will

enable fisheries officers to conduct

patrols in offshore, coastal and

estuarine waterways. “Here on the

North Coast, the purpose-build 6.1m

vessel will be stationed in the Hastings

fisheries district,” said Ms Hodgkinson,

who visited Port Macquarie to make the

announcement. “This new vessel will patrol

the waters of the north coast covering Port

Macquarie, Laurieton and South West Rocks

to detect and deter anyone engaged in illegal

fishing activity. These vessels have been fitted

with the latest state-of-the-art navigation

technology for accurate recording of offence

locations at sea and have many enhanced

safety features.”

Illegal fishing activity can be reported on

1800 043 536 or online at w w w.dpi.nsw.gov.

au/fisheries/compliance.

Fisheries

patrols

boosted

Push to fast track

netting bans

Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson,

NSW Fisheries of ficer Rob Peever and Member for Port

Macquarie Leslie Williams launch the new patrol vessel.

FOLLOWING the recent Victorian election,

the state’s anglers were preparing to pressure

Labor’s new Premier Daniel Andrews to

phase out commercial netting in his first

term of government. Prior to the election,

Andrews promised to spend $20 million

phasing out commercial netting licences by

2020. The push to speed up the phase-out
      process follows a recent angler march in
      Geelong to support the netting bans on Port
      Phillip and Corio bays, as introduced by the
      outgoing Coalition government, and
      supported by Labor. About 700 recreational
      anglers marched down Moorabool St to
      Cunningham Pier for the rally, which was
      led by fishing identity Rex Hunt. “We can’t
      afford to just let it happen by itself because
      we’ve seen in politics, priorities change,”
      Geelong’s Geoff Wilson told the ABC.
      Commercial netting had “pushed rec
      fisherman aside”, destroyed sea grasses and
      disturbed schools of fish, Wilson said.