Hammertime
Sealiner
Ok for all the tuna guys, not much has changed, but here is the official run down on what is/has been proposed and this is from the SADSAA minutes, which I have just been mailed.
These minutes are from the national meeting held in Durban this past weekend.
Cheers
HT
Tuna Bag Limits
Minutes of last meeting
Thanks to a WP member who has gone to the extreme to get hold of the minutes of a meeting arranged by MCM to discuss the reduction of bag limits for Tuna in December 2007, by going the route of the access to information act and sending a fax to Marinus Van Schalkwyk.
Planned Meeting 17th June
A follow up meeting was called by MCM to discuss the proposals at the December 2007 meeting, but neither SADSAA nor WPDSAA were invited. Dr Bruce Jones has sent a letter of objection to MCM about the fact that SADSAA was not invited to the meeting scheduled for June this year. Fortunately the meeting was postponed to a later date and we will keep you posted in this regard.
Minutes
According to the minutes of the December meeting, recreational anglers were selling their Tuna and affecting the market price, and by reducing the bag limit it will reduce the incentive to sell Tuna. SADSAA asked that the statement be withdrawn and SADSAA vehemently denied that recreationally caught tuna were sold. SADSAA stated that it would only consider a revision of bag limits if there was scientific evidence that the species was under threat. MCM asked the following…. What exactly do recreational anglers do with 10 Tuna? Four proposals were put forward, which is not necessary the final decision:
Bag limits stays 10 per person a day, but bag limit of big Yellowfin reduced to 1 or 2 fish per person per day
Reduce tuna bag limits for recreational anglers to 1 Yellowfin and 5 Longfin . and uplift this for defined competitions
Status Quo, reduction only supported based on scientific evidence (SADSAA)
Limitation of 10 tunas per vessel per day.
Further correspondence was made to MCM by Dr Bruce Jones and we will keep an eye on this space.
These minutes are from the national meeting held in Durban this past weekend.
Cheers
HT
Tuna Bag Limits
Minutes of last meeting
Thanks to a WP member who has gone to the extreme to get hold of the minutes of a meeting arranged by MCM to discuss the reduction of bag limits for Tuna in December 2007, by going the route of the access to information act and sending a fax to Marinus Van Schalkwyk.
Planned Meeting 17th June
A follow up meeting was called by MCM to discuss the proposals at the December 2007 meeting, but neither SADSAA nor WPDSAA were invited. Dr Bruce Jones has sent a letter of objection to MCM about the fact that SADSAA was not invited to the meeting scheduled for June this year. Fortunately the meeting was postponed to a later date and we will keep you posted in this regard.
Minutes
According to the minutes of the December meeting, recreational anglers were selling their Tuna and affecting the market price, and by reducing the bag limit it will reduce the incentive to sell Tuna. SADSAA asked that the statement be withdrawn and SADSAA vehemently denied that recreationally caught tuna were sold. SADSAA stated that it would only consider a revision of bag limits if there was scientific evidence that the species was under threat. MCM asked the following…. What exactly do recreational anglers do with 10 Tuna? Four proposals were put forward, which is not necessary the final decision:
Bag limits stays 10 per person a day, but bag limit of big Yellowfin reduced to 1 or 2 fish per person per day
Reduce tuna bag limits for recreational anglers to 1 Yellowfin and 5 Longfin . and uplift this for defined competitions
Status Quo, reduction only supported based on scientific evidence (SADSAA)
Limitation of 10 tunas per vessel per day.
Further correspondence was made to MCM by Dr Bruce Jones and we will keep an eye on this space.