Thread: Inshore fishing under threat?

And to that end, there should be no commercial catch of Kahawai. I believe at the moment it is caught and sent to Aussie to be used in crab pots. How about leaving it alone so at least you could go out with a surfcaster and bring home a feed. It can be bloody hard work to catch a fish off the beach these days dependant on what part of the country you are in.

Originally Posted by Woody

It is grim on the face of it. IMO the right of citizens to harvest a natural food source for personal family consumption should be sacrosanct. Certainly there may be sensible constraints on quantity taken but these should not be so small that the family costs incurred in fishing are above the costs of being forced to buy retail sea foods. The imposition on recreational fishers in favour of commercial fishers is unfair on private families and unacceptable in my view.