Thread: Inshore fishing under threat?

Locking off those reefs in tga isn't going to do anything for fish stocks, it will look pretty to all the bottle diver tourists, they need to be looking at the harbours where the juvenile fish are.
The hauraki is the most depressing dive I have ever done, the bottom that was scallops and sand is now silt/mud and fan worms, there is so many issues with our fisheries and alot of it is out of sight out of mind for fishos too, people bringing up kingy heads until the sharks get full and they can bring one up is another one that people don't seem to care about.
A positive that I have seen is the crayfish in the bop, we never really looked for crays a few years ago as it was like hunting for the last ones, but the rec quota got cut by half and the comms cut by 80percent, the bounce back has been great to see, there is more numbers and now they are getting bigger, bit of a rant but there is problems on both sides(rec and comm) and also run off etc things like these where all parties are around the same table can only be good for the fisheries