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The Premier, Will Hodgman on the Geelong Star freezer factory trawler

Listen to Premier Will Hodgman on Heart 107.3 Thursday 20th Ausgust 2015 either via this link:

https://audioboom.com/boos/3489545-tasmanian-premier-will-hodgman-discussing-the-states-fishing-industry

or in this web page below. 

Gillnetting in Tasmania has caused impacts on species

Research has shown gillnetting in Tasmania has caused impacts on species.

Read the report here

Further images are below (Click Read More)

Marine Science Special Podcast

Deep sea climate change, enviro bags, over-fishing
It's a Marine Science Special! Professor Emma Johnson joins Dr Karl and Zan Rowe to help answer your ocean-based science questions.

http://www.abc.net.au/science/drkarl/scienceontriplej/

bream-in-netShould recreational nets be banned?

An opinion piece with Mike Stevens
Many Tasmanian fishermen remember how easy it was to catch a feed of fish back in the day. Parents cherished teaching their children how to fish and took pride in Tasmania’s fisheries. But things have changed, and our fisheries just aren’t what they used to be. Bag limits are tightening and size restrictions are getting stricter. Phasing out recreational gillnets need to be part of this effort to bring our fish back because they simply don’t allow the ‘limit your catch, don’t catch your limit’ approach required to look after our fish stocks in today’s times. 
Fishing favourites Bastard Trumpeter, Blue Warehou and Banded Morwong, are all at historic lows and are vulnerable to gillnetting. Over one third of all fish caught using gillnets is thrown away – wasted. In the case of Banded Morwong and some sharks, around 90% are discarded. These are fish that need to be growing into breeders. 

Two young Tasmanian brothers each catch 112 and 119kg  tuna

Read it at http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-08-14/two-tasmanian-brothers-land-potential-record-breaking-tunas/6699376

Stop The Trawler Rally September 5, 2015

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This week!

Still some nice nice bluefin on the East Coast at St Helens.

Mike Stevens

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Tas Outdoor Show

Please find attached a copy of our advert for this years Tas Outdoor Show.

Kindest regards,

Julie Binder

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first-saturday-bGreat success Saturday!

After rising at 6:00 am to go for a morning fish, all I could hear was wind and rain, but that didn’t stop me from going. I left at 7:00 am and walked to the lake. There was weed on top of the lake everywhere so it was making it hard to get casts in without getting weed on the lure. I fished for 2 hours more without a hit so I decided to head home for a warm up and some breakfast. But I wasn’t going to give up, so at 1:30 pm Samuel and I went for a fish at one of our favourite spots.

Time was going by with only seeing 1 fish and no hook ups, I was starting to doubt if I was going to get any until I saw a little shadow behind my lure. Next I felt a little tap so I striked and hooked a little brown 1.5 pound and 40cm long. I was happy because it was the first trout for the season.

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