Thread: Eugenie Sage wants to Ban Whitebaiting

Originally Posted by Moa Hunter

Back to the Whitebait, how would it be if recreational baiters had to use a registered bucket (bought from doc who -else) for their catch and when the buckets full you've got your limit, say 2kg. On some Canterbury rivers, baiters camp for the whole season, fish every good day, sell the bait and obstruct anyone else from fishing

Good. No one in this thread except Boaraxa seems to acknowledged that maybe there is a problem with the 'baits and that the take might not be sustainable? I don't know - but maybe they are under threat - the research seems to be saying so? Maybe a way of life and the 'baits can be saved? If so, what are we prepared to do about it or accept? Beating up on Sage won't change a thing for whitebait. Won't change her either.