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Is it just me or is the search function on holidays ?

Gone walk abouts..

Lads..

Not sure who would turn to a fishing forum for tax advise but here I am, I know its only one piece of a large puzzle but does the below look correct ? The accounting firm we use has generally been good but not sure if she has had this checked internally, she did state its her first time working capital gains which was a worry.

My main thought on the cost base, although not deductable on purchase stamp duty should be included for capital gain, as a positive not a negative..

 Thought long and hard about posting this but our state government is making criminals out of honest people .

Ive been a shooter since I was 16 with no record at all. The damage feral animals can do.

No Deer in WA ...... FU

Rules are that you ask BK a question and he answers with no rebuttal from you as his research is unequivocal.

I'm going to start....

Hi BK, did Harold Holt die in unfavourable ocean conditions?

 In amongst the discussion about the present Demersal saga, I have noticed some people are pointing out that RFW are funded by the State Government.

This is largely true.

HOWEVER

You can choose to support Recfishwest, for only a few dollars a year.

https://recfishwest.org.au/become-a-member/

There are countless peple complaining that "RFWdont represent me poperly", while not even forking out the equivaent of 2 cups ofcoffee a year.

By joining as a paid member you are reducing this reliance on the incumbent government.

The more people join, the less reliant on State funding

 Bunbury MP Don Punch will become Minister for Disability Services, Fisheries, Innovation and ICT, and Seniors and Ageing.

Seems like he's going to be busy !

 I heard that the proposal for the marine park for the Archipealago includes a total lock out of rec and commercial fishing. 

Can anyone with more knowledge verify what is actually proposed. Its difficult to get un spun info.

If it is the case it is a massive step backward .

Is it just me or have any of you noticed that some of the posts and comments on here have become a little less than friendly towards fellow forum members. This place is not facebook.

Everyone is allowed a different opinion and debate is great, but could I suggest that we keep the comments on topic and not get personal. Perhaps I am being a delicate petal, but Ive noticed certain personalities have recently become quite dominating in regards to their vitriole.

PS: Footy banter can get as personal as you like. 

My wife and I and our grown children have been regular twice-yearly visitors to Tamala Station in Shark Bay.  (Kerry & Ian King), then Brian & Yoke, now Ron and Teresa Reid have done a wonderful manager's job on this stunning station.  With dolphins, dugongs, sharks, snapper, balmy days, starry nights and countless evening fireside stories as our children became parents and our grandchildren became adults 30 years done and dusted over night (Show me the money!)

I've canvassed the Premier's Office, the Minister for Tourism, and Ben Wyatt the Minister for Indigenous Affairs, regarding the closure of camping areas at Tamala Station in Shark Bay with respect to the land use claims by indigenous groups.

All I received were standard replies that you or I could write wrapped up in pollywaffle and posted out under the cover of political correctness, you know blah, blah, blah, go away and we'll do what we want when it suits us.

So much for "wander out yonder" (or basically only go to the commercially viable tourist destinations in stade caravan parks etc).  Truth is probably close to 3000 would visit the place (Tamala Station) over a year, that's trade for Denham, and dropins along the way to get there.  All stopped.  Why?  Does it need to take years?  Who's getting what?  Are Broome, Exmouth, Monkey Mia capable of offering quintisential outback Oz in its rawest form?  We don't always want to go parasailing, skydiving, horizontal falling or costly chartering.  Some just want tranquility, a snorkel, some sun and a feed of fish from the beach.  Wander - Out - Yonder!!  Sure!  Just wait 2 or 3 years for the committees to meet and hammer out who gets what percentage of the takings. 

I fear that precious time is being lost, our great grandchildren may never know the wonder of this glorious place.  We were very much looking forward to a few more years of witnessing the joyfulness of watching our offspring immersed in paradise and passing on all of its special secrets.

God bless you Teresa and Ron.  You're doing a wonderful, impartial job.

Regards, Brian and Gaye Redding

Who knows the genuine facts and truths about the 2 stroke bans on sales of 30 HP outboards ( 2 strokes ) 

I want a new 30 hp eTech fitted to my Stacer - what are the regs & rules ??

 I saw on TV recfish west's new initive to make bait containers biodegradeable. This is a positive step forward for all fishers. There is nothing worse than getting to a fishing spot and finding discarded bait bags.

 Pasting in a new topic.

OK here is my take on it for what its worth.

Rec 5% actual tonnage should not change.

This is due to it being linked to sustainable catch level rather than the reduced quantity being caught by commercial (6200T vs 8000T)

HOWEVER please note the following...

Commercial fishers have voluntarily held to the reduced tonnage for both commercial and environmental reasons.

We have ALL benefited from this, especially in the increased availibility of crays in close and year round.

Now, the government has decided that they can sell this part of the resource, and are packaging it in a way that is designed to divide all of us that have an interest in the resource.

Over the last few years, resource sharing has settled on a 5/95% share of the total catch.

Generally, this has been accepted by all stakeholders (rec/pro) and is the basis of the increased bag limits and longer season we ALL enjoy now

This move by the government to take control and sell the buffer that has been accumulated in the ocean is dangerous, and any rec who thinks "fuck em, it wont worry me" should think again.

Anybody who thinks they will be able to buy cheap crays, maybe should try buying baby formula...

"Divide and conquer", is a strategy that works on those who stupid enough to fall for it.

If you think commercial cray fishermen are your opponents then you have your eyes closed.
Til now, I pushed my viewpoint of solidarity on the lines that PEW/PETA and greenys were the opponents.
Few of us saw this coming, and its a suprise that the State Government would try this on.

Unite, and support opposition to this vague, whimsical proposition that has little detail or data to support the risks. 

Bear in mind also, that if the resource were to collapse from either pressure or environmental circumstances, it is us (Joe public taxpayer) who will liable to compensate no matter which party is in power at the time.

If you dont agree with what I am saying, then you should get off your ass and participate in the process by volunteering your time like a few of us here do.

Uninformed views and comments like we are seeing on Facebook at the moment WILL undermine the entire process and the resource itself.

Before you comment, please at least make the most rudimentary effort to confirm up your viewpoint.

Its like push starting a car, if one peabrain thinks its better to push it backwards while 2 are pushing it forwards, despite your best intentions you are just ass fking people who may be smarter than you.

Personally I care less that you disagree with me, and more that your uninformed viewpoint doesnt over ride good intentions.

Be informed BEFORE talking shit.

 Ever wondered why your council rates are so high an interview last week on 6pr of the former mayor of Nedlands will blow your mind. Resinates with my council thats for sure.

https://www.facebook.com/Royal-Commission-into-the-Conduct-of-Councils-2206954846044345/?modal=admin_todo_tour

 

 I am no greenie, but i hate seeing our marine life imacted by human waste.

This looks like smart work.

https://wokesloth.com/six-pack-rings-feed-animals-instead-of-choking/alexa/

is fishing next

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa/calls-to-ban-barbaric-live-boil-lobster-practice-ng-b88713992z

 http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/state/2017/08/31/-waexit--could-be-on-wa-liberal-party-agenda.html

Western Australia’s second large-scale aquaculture development zone has been recommended for approval by the Environmental Protection Authority.
The 3,000-hectare Mid-West Aquaculture Development Zone, to be located at the Abrolhos Islands, will use floating sea cages to grow marine finfish that naturally occur within the region. The zone will have set limits on tonnes of fish to be cultured and stocking densities.
The proposal, on behalf of the Minister for Fisheries, follows the launch of the Kimberley Aquaculture Development Zone, which began production in 2014.
The EPA’s report to the Minister for Environment is now open for a two-week public appeal period, closing April 18 2017. Appeals are administered independently by, and can be made to, the Appeals Convenor.

EPA Chairman Dr Tom Hatton stated the following regarding the project:
‘The benefit of assessing a strategic proposal is that we are able to look at the potential impacts of proposals that if implemented singly or in combination may have a significant effect on the environment’

The EPA recommended seven conditions, including requirements for monitoring and management plans to ensure the proposal will avoid or minimise impacts to marine environmental quality and marine fauna. Plans will also ensure the environmental values of the Abrolhos Islands will be protected and there will be no adverse impacts on the viability of the Abrolhos Islands populations of Australian Sea lions and seabirds.

The Minister for Environment will make the final decision.

Report can be found here;
http://www.epa.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/EPA_Report/Rep%201593%20MWAZ%20PER%20030417.pdf

Where’s the love for the Lord Major should she be sacked ( if possible ) or be allowed to continue to wear her tiara ?

This year leading into summer has seen a serious lack of activity in the upper swan. I know the weather has been out of whack but it really hasn’t explained, in full the difference from previous years.

  I’m starting to believe that this might be the reason.

 Apparently taking 320m of the river and reducing it to 60m is ok and will not affect the system.

 I know this is only temporary, but how long until they remove it?

After a few Emails I was answered with 12 months . But we all know these jobs usually go into overtime and can’t see it being removed for some time yet.

We took the boat up there on Sat, and the water was backing up on the causeway side making it hard to navigate let alone allowing us to fish. 

The smell in the area was putrid, and working for many years within chemical destuction I can tell you, it brought back many memories of old days without laws.

What are your thoughts ? Am I being paranoid ? Or is this work affecting our river system ?

 This reads to me as a fore gone conclusion that the grubberment is going to take its share of the Ningaloo coastline? Was always talked about but looks like theres no stopping it now from how i read it.

https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/management/ningaloo-coast

I see the new Commonwealth marine reserves have been put out for public consultation until end of Oct. I can't for some reason access the links so maybe some-one else can but what does everybody else think about the new boundries.

very interesting article here below
science , proving what many are seeing via the change in our catches
hezzy

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-07-08/kelp-forests-of-the-sea-in-wa-slashed-by-marine-heatwave/7577934

Great swathes of the temperate kelp forests on Western Australia's reefs that underpin tourism and fisheries industries worth $10 billion annually are gone.

Key points:
•The ocean off Western Australia is warming twice as fast as the global average
•Since 2000, nearly 1000 square kilometres of kelp forest have been lost from the area
•These "forests of the sea" underpin tourism and fisheries worth $10 billion per year

And the demise of these remarkable "forests of the sea" is likely permanent, researchers say in a study published today.

"Off the coast around Kalbarri to Geraldton, where these reefs used to be dominated by kelp forests, those forests have completely disappeared," researcher Dr Scott Bennett, now based at the Spanish National Research Council, said.

"A lot of the [temperate] fish and invertebrates have disappeared and we've seen these communities shift to something that resembles the tropical fish and seaweed communities we would find at Ningaloo."

Associate Professor Thomas Wernberg, from the University of Western Australia, who helped lead the research with Dr Bennett, described the kelp forests as the "biological engine" of the Great Southern Reef.

"They are as critical to the Great Southern Reef as corals are to the Great Barrier Reef. They are up to 16 times more productive than our most productive wheat fields and provide the foundations for the ecosystem."

The researchers said economically the kelp forests supported some of the most valuable fisheries in Australia and reef-related tourism worth more than $10 billion per year.

The loss of the kelp forests, outlined today in the journal Science, was discovered as part of a 15-year survey, which started in 2000, off Western Australia's reefs. The survey stretched 2,000 kilometres from Cape Leeuwin in the south to Ningaloo in the north.

kelp
Photo: Kelp forests support fishing and tourism industries. (Supplied: Joan Costa 2013)

2011 marine heatwave key trigger for kelp loss

Dr Bennett said the catalyst for the death of the kelp forests was a marine heatwave in 2011 that caused the primary loss of the forests followed by above-average ocean temperatures in 2012 and 2013 "that compounded the effects".

In December 2010, immediately before the extreme marine heatwave, kelp forests covered more than 70 per cent of shallow rocky reefs in mid-Western Australia between Geraldton and Kalbarri, 400-600 kilometres north of Perth.

Dr Bennett said by early 2013 their surveys showed the dense kelp forests in this area had disappeared representing a roughly 100-kilometre range contraction and effective extinction from 370 square kilometres of reef.

Across the entire surveyed area about 960 square kilometres of kelp forest had been lost.

Dr Bennett said the research team initially thought it had made an error when it dived the reefs off Kalbarri.

"We jumped into these waters at sites we've been going to for the past 10 years expecting to see large kelp forests and it was just a desert, it was barren," he said.

"We thought we'd made a mistake and got the location wrong. We searched all day and we searched for weeks, but the kelp was gone. It is just heartbreaking to see such a complex, beautiful, vibrant ecosystem decimated."

Dr Bennett said five years after the heatwave, the kelp was showing no signs of rejuvenation, and many cool water fish, seaweed and invertebrates had also disappeared.

"At this stage we are five years on from the initial kelp loss and from all the evidence we have is it is a permanent fixture," he said.

Kelp forests reached tipping point

Dr Bennett said turf algae had proliferated in the area and tropical fish communities had increased and were preventing the regrowth of the kelp by eating any that managed to re-establish.

He said the kelp forests were home to hundreds of unique species and commercially important to the wild abalone industry, which was worth about $200 million annually.

With the Indian Ocean off the mid-Western Australian coast warming at a rate twice the global average, the kelp loss in the northern reefs also sounded a warning for kelp forests further south.

Climate change was driving warming and more frequent heatwaves, Dr Bennett said, while the strong Leeuwin Current was helping the southward movement of warmer waters and tropical species,.

The survey had revealed that a rise in around 2.5 degrees C above long-term summer maximum temperatures was a "tipping point" for kelp forests.

"Kelp forests are under-recognised and under-appreciated but at severe risk right under our noses. There is the potential to see their wholesale collapse," Dr Wernberg said.

He said the loss of the kelp forests could mean the loss of marine animals such as abalone, rock lobster and several species of reef fishes used in commercial and recreational fishing.

"Some of the regional economies depend on these species, for example the abalone and rock lobster fisheries are the most valuable single species fisheries in Australia," he said.

The researchers had yet to document any extinctions — aside from those of local kelps.

However Dr Wernberg said it was clear many kelp-associated species were now under threat.

Dr Alistair Hobday is a Senior Principal Research Scientist at CSIRO Oceans and Atmosphere welcomed the research.

"These long-term studies are rare in Australia," he said, adding the changes seen in the reefs was equivalent to a change from a forest to a grassland.

"We can expect more of these dramatic changes around Australia's coasts in future

Found this on FB from VRFish (vics equivalent of recfishwest)

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1001198806638782&substory_index=0&id=279684478790222

Be great if this is managed correctly
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/05/01/08/52/herpes-unleashed-on-freshwater-fish-pest

The cruel act of amputating distinctive sawfish rostra for trophies should be afforded the same attention as the poaching of body parts from other endangered species like rhinos, a Murdoch University researcher has said.

Associate Professor David Morgan from the Freshwater Fish Group & Fish Health Unit said sawfish protection needed better enforcement globally and the conservation value of sawfish should be actively promoted.

Available evidence suggests sawfish die a lingering death after rostrum removal, he said in an article published in the Fisheries journal.

Their rostra – the chainsaw-shaped extension that distinguishes the fish and gives it its name – are used to sense, forage for and capture their prey of crustaceans and small fish.

“Sawfish forage on the riverbed and sense prey via the electrosensitive pores on their rostra,” explained Dr Barbara Wueringer, who co-authored the study.

“They then slash their rostrums to stun or impale their food. They also use the rostrums to protect themselves from predators.”

Professor Morgan and his team studied the behaviour of a Green Sawfish found in the Ashburton River after its rostrum had been illegally amputated. They tagged it and observed changes in movement patterns and habitat use compared to similarly sized sawfish with rostra intact.

“We found that it ranged more widely, perhaps in order to source ‘easy prey’ or avoid attacks by predators, than other tagged sawfish of a similar size with rostra intact,” he said.

“After 75 days the fish was no longer detected and may have either emigrated outside the detection range or, more likely, it will have perished because emigration occurred infrequently for other tagged sawfish of that size.”

At a later date, Professor Morgan also captured and tagged a Freshwater Sawfish with a partially severed rostrum contained in an isolated freshwater pool in the Fitzroy River.

He said it was severely emaciated and its damaged rostrum had impacted its ability to effectively forage.

“It was detected by our loggers for 10 days and not thereafter. In comparison, two other similarly sized individuals tagged in the same pool at the same time were detected for several months. This supports our assumption that the injured sawfish died in the pool.”

Professor Morgan said the decline of sawfish due to fishing pressure was exacerbated by humans removing sawfish rostra.

“This undoubtedly negatively impacts survival rates of those fish,” he added.

“Most amputations in northern Australia are from the last few decades.

“The few remaining human population centres that have sawfishes inhabiting their local waters must address this destructive phenomenon, and sawfish protection needs better enforcement globally.”

http://media.murdoch.edu.au/murdoch-researchers-highlight-the-cruelty-of-amputating-sawfish-rostra

 Well after heading out for a fish on Monday and catching a couple of ripping dhufish, 1 went 10kg and the other 16kg i am convinced that the ban is a croc of shit. Reason being the female of 10 kg was choka full of roe. A mate also picked up a female dhufish and it to was full of roe.So my question is. Is the ban put in place to please the vocal minority or is it in place to preserve fish. I feel that if the powers that be are dinkum then the ban should run from mid December for 2 months. What do you guys reckon? 

 With todays imminant gazillion + degrees, we're packing the kids up and heading to get some sand between the toes. For ever and a day, we've generally headed to the dawgie beach @ woodies point, nice n calm bay, great for the kidlets. But is it safe to get wet there now? Does anyone out there know? 

Further to that, i've generally always taken a flickie or two and pretty much every time been able to pick up a few herring and such. Whats the status on aquatic life in the sound now? Any signs of ANY life at all?

Thanks in advance for any info..

http://www.pilbaranews.com.au/?30432498

https://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/a/30256704/anglers-want-fish-death-answers/

Ladies and Gents. Please find below notice of the inaugural meeting of SFP Perth North Metro Branch. We now have some great motivated guys pushing the message in the form of Derek and Jan. Non member visitors are welcome. Please feel free to email Derek and Jan at the email below if attending so that some idea of numbers may be ascertained.