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Yeah Flappy we have bans.
Drift net bans, prohibited areas around wind farms and areas of specific interest, closed seasons and mesh minimum sizes all contribute a little towards the greater good!
I am going to stick my neck out and say that we are also partly to blame and some so called “anglers” need to be educated in realistic bag limits and fish minimum sizes.
Along with the keep all”matches” we used to hold to find piles of dead dogs and smoothies on the beach afterwards, I’m guilty in the past but have learned.
Charter boats of old…we used to look at pics of anglers up their knees in fish, thinking back what would have happened to that lot?
Just saying…

[QUOTE="Mushty, post: 347886, member: 1893"] Yeah Flappy we have bans. Drift net bans, prohibited areas around wind farms and areas of specific interest, closed seasons and mesh minimum sizes all contribute a little towards the greater good! I am going to stick my neck out and say that we are also partly to blame and some so called “anglers” need to be educated in realistic bag limits and fish minimum sizes. Along with the keep all”matches” we used to hold to find piles of dead dogs and smoothies on the beach afterwards, I’m guilty in the past but have learned. Charter boats of old…we used to look at pics of anglers up their knees in fish, thinking back what would have happened to that lot? Just saying… [/QUOTE]

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