Artificial reef
Submitted by samy90 on Tue, 2011-02-22 22:09
just wondering why bunbury doesnt have any artificial reef off the coast, they know how much marine life it attracts eg. Carnarvon tyres simple yet effective??
strike_zone
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lena
they have the wreck of the lena that was sunk just south of bunbury
samy90
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are you allowed to fish there
are you allowed to fish there i heard u cant within 500m of the wreck
strike_zone
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depends
well that depends on who is around if no one is there well why not but there is plenty of other good ground off bunno to find
dd83wa
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P*ss poor attitude
P*ss poor attitude strike_zone.
Local businesses like Ockys Water World are attempting to make an honest living taking tourists out there to see the fish life. Tangled lines and rigs also pose a major hazard to divers.
I hope one of the operators catches you and you get reported.
strike_zone
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tree hugger
there is always some tree hugging prick that has to pipe up with some sort of whinge the ocean floor is littered with tangled lines and rigs its all part of what you can expect when diving maybe you should stick to swimming pools if you read the post properly i made mention there are plenty of other spots t be found around the area and by the way the fish that hang around the wreck dont belong to ockys water world thats for sure
LuckyBoy
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Agree
Unless it is a no fish zone then why should divers get preference ?
championruby
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It is a no fish zone
It is a no fish zone
championruby
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It is a no fish zone
It is a no fish zone
strike_zone
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who cares
who cares
strike_zone
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who cares
who cares
dd83wa
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Definitely not a tree hugger,
Definitely not a tree hugger, just feel for the hundreds of people that devoted their own time (hundreds of hours) and in lots of cases their own money to have it where it is today. Ask any one of them and they never intended it to be fished.
Spot on, fish dont belong to Ocky, they belong to public, which includes you Strike_zone, but in this case you werent one of the thousands that petitioned to have it sunk, nor did you help out im willing to bet. If you had been, then perhaps you could put your case forward for linefishing, and felt some sense of ownership now which made it your god given right to take fish from it.
I'm all for killing a few fish, i've had my fair share, but respect where respect is due, as you said, plenty of other places, so why even suggest it's even viable to fish? beats me...
Like I said, I generally feel bad for all of the people that invested so much in this DIVE-wreck.
marble
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Have a look at his pic, I
Have a look at his pic, I think the guy is hardly a tree hugger. You sound likr the type of fool that whinges when you get booked for pissy driving or speeding
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samy90
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mate i love your boat, thats
mate i love your boat, thats my dream boat how much that set u back?
carnarvonite
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Reefs
The artificial tyre reefs at Quindalup produce heaps for fish same as the ones scattered around the Lady Joyce wreck. The only problem is that people anchor on them and snag up and while trying to clear the anchor actually manage to drag them away from their set positions. So next time you go out there it not in its given spot so you look around for it and most times give up and fish the wreck or the channels closer to shore.
There is a trick to catching fish off the dive wrecks without entering the no fish zone and its very effective but it not going to see light of day on any site thread.
sea-kem
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Wouldn't have anything to do
Wouldn't have anything to do with buckets of blood? lol
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carnarvonite
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Nope
Nope, nothing to do with blood.
DieHard
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Using the wind???
Using the wind???
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Salmo
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look here- no tyres required
http://www.recfishwest.org.au/data/client/files/1241_wamustembraceartificialreefs.pdf
enough support from the community could see these deployed in geographe
also see Recfishwest Reel News Issue 15 - Artificial Reefs oct 2010 here
http://www.recfishwest.org.au/content/reel-news/
Patto 1
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plenty of illegal boats
plenty of illegal boats entering our waters these days .should start sinking them all down the coast line.
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pale ale
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Yes!!!
Yes!!!
sarcasm0
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The Lena and the South Tomi
Are both sunken illegal fishing vessels.
LenaScuttled as a dive wreck in 2003, this former illegal fishing vessel sits in 18 metres of pristine water off the coast of Bunbury and is teeming with hard corals and colourful fish.
South TomiOnce a fishing vessel used to illegally catch Patagonian toothfish, these days the South Tomi is a premier artificial reef and dive attraction. Sunk off the coast of Geraldton in 2003, this fascinating wreck now boasts an abundance of corals and rainbow-coloured fish.
Its expensive to put them out there, its not just like they catch them illegally fishing and hole the hull to send it to the bottom. Its a long time line - court case, once it is turned over to the state they then have to go about making it safe for divers, then get people to agree on a place to sink it get it towed to site and sink it in the right place.
Tony Halliday
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you need to take leasons from
you need to take leasons from the SAFFA Navy mate, you put big guns on warships for avery good reason!
I got no problem with money being spent on reefs and systems of FADs set out correctly. WA could have a huge improvement in fish stock retension and juvenile growth rate if they learn from some of the over seas research and stopped sticking their heads up their bums and hidding behind the olds quote in the book "oh we have unique condtions here " or unique fish or unique sand or unique water....what ever... I have heard that cr@p line far to many times used to justify some pet research grant getting milked into wasted paper instead of just getting in some pilot reefs.
How about making some barren ground into marine sanctuary zone, then setting up four different types of artificial reef system, say two concrete ones, one steel one and one tire one..., then monitoring them over 4 years and comparing the data to the massive pool of info out in the world??? not rocket science boys and girls...."
I know RFW and some local science boffins went over seas last year and came back with iwde eyes and a lot learnt, but will the State Goeverment old dogs in old desks, with old methods burnt into their brains change and use some of that know how that came back???
I don't think so!!!!
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Tony Halliday
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ335g-HVxE
ask the Russians what they do if you enter their fishing zones??? Funny how the japs stay away these days and when caught inside Russian fishing waters are shot at!!!!
Works for me, added bonus is new FAD Reefs in the process..
Tony Halliday: ~Meals on Reels ~
It takes a strong fish to swim against the current. Even a dead one can float with it
"It is always in season for old men to learn." Aeschylus (525-456 BC)
"In a mad world only the mad are sane." Akira Kurosawa (1910-1998)
sea-kem
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He he he I like it. No
He he he I like it. No stuffing around with the Russkies. Your spot on with your comments on artifical reefs Tony. like you say with dinosaurs like Norman Moore in charge there's no chance of innovation.
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