Abalone season changes.
Submitted by alfred on Wed, 2011-09-28 21:10
Read in the paper about the changes to the abs season. First Sunday of Nov, Dec, Jan, Fed and March only 7-8am. So that is a total of 5 hrs spreads over 5 months. What are you views on it?
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Longole
Posts: 55
Date Joined: 20/02/11
Guess that was the majority
Guess that was the majority answer from the survey that asked the question. Not that fussed either way, I'll grab them in the metro area if I happen to be getting crays at the time but if I really want some its not too hard to take the kids for a picnic and a snorkel down the cape.
till
Posts: 9358
Date Joined: 21/02/08
Good in that I like fresh
Good in that I like fresh abs, but bad in that if its just one weekend a month, the others might show a bit more commitment to the season that just the first few.
Isn't the lowest lows usually around Nov? Probably a few more drownings if there is less reef sticking out of the water than usual.
grantarctic1
Posts: 2546
Date Joined: 03/03/11
Checked yesterday
I checked yesterday, and today its all changed .
Dosn't bother me too much as i don the wetty and mask to get them. But the reef walkers arn't going to be happy.
At the end of the day i hope the Ab's are there forever and fisheries are doing the right thing.
81macca
Posts: 270
Date Joined: 02/07/09
That sucks if you do FIFO and
That sucks if you do FIFO and it doesn't line up on your roster.
I actually fish.
MattMiller
Posts: 4171
Date Joined: 15/06/09
So glad
this doesn't effect us.
Couldn't think of anything worse than crawling around metro reefs with 2914856 other mad buggers.
1st Oct - 15th May for us
Jody
Posts: 1578
Date Joined: 19/04/07
Heatwave
The season changes are due to the extended presence of the warm currents last year. Affected the abs big time with high mortality and heavily reduced stocks .....
http://www.fish.wa.gov.au/docs/pub/Highlights/index.php
TWiZTED
allrounder
Posts: 1853
Date Joined: 10/11/08
i wont be doing the last 2 weekends
second last on the 5th of feb is the last day of marron season and the last one i will be on the boat heading to a deserted island in the middle of somewhere near no where.
As for the opening day Alfred i will see you there and i hope i dont need to do another 45 mins of cpr this time.
Its hard work in a wettie.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
alfred
Posts: 3097
Date Joined: 12/01/07
That must have been one hell
That must have been one hell of a workout, I take my hat off to you. Call you next week.
Looks like I will miss a couple of days as well.
BOOMER
Posts: 179
Date Joined: 24/01/11
Hopefully the weather is
Hopefully the weather is shit and nobody can get any. Give them a chance to recover from last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Boomer
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Big bait,
BIG FISH !!!!!