Squid Closed Season

Dear All

Please find attached copy of the government notice published on Friday 16 Sep 2011

This notice is meant to official remove the additional six weeks closed season. Although it may be pass the time, it will stand for the future.

Regards

You may circulate to relavant stake holders, that I may have excluded

Tasha/Abby can you forward to SanParks

Kind regards


Tembaletu Tanci
Deputy Director: Line and Net Fisheries Management
Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries
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tel: 021 402 3075
fax: 021 402 3367
Fax: 086 7662021
cell: 084 611 8314
TembaletuT@daff.gov.za

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NEARLY 200 ANGLERS FROM 12 COUNTRIES SET TO FISH CLUB NAUTICO DE SAN JUAN’S 58^TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL BILLFISH TOURNAMENT

 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

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LIGHT TACKLE BILLFISH SADSAA 3 MAN TEAM

Wynand Wiering( Captain) 0834581168   011 7910958

Jaques Van Wyk 0837250553  011 8284474

Anton Lingenfelder 0727420902   011 8681141

 

LIGHT TACKLE BILLFISH SADSAA MASTERS 3 MAN TEAM

Kobus van Zyl (captain)   0824615331  017 6312161

Paul Borcherds  0836482566  011 7946950

Wayne Huddlestone 0833250653   013 7525719

 

GAME FISH NATIONALS SADSAA 3 MAN TEAM

Martin Du Plessis (captain) 0837763002   031 5615889

Richard Hartley  0825548841   011 0214327

Trevor Spence 0795066131  032 5255449

 

HEAVY TACKLE BILLFISH SADSAA 3 MAN TEAM

Kobus Sutherland (captain)   0825643225   034 4132169

Andew Bowie 0823306317   011 6785900

Heinrich Kohrs  0828936199

 

HEAVY TACKLE BILLFISH SADSAA MASTERS 3 MAN TEAM

Andre Strydom (captain)  0824587059    035 7923227

Wian Terblanche 0824562894   011 2021000

Davie Kotze 0826880106  013 7554093

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Hi Everyone,
 
As previously advised, the proposed moratorium (total ban) on catching red steenbras will soon be published for public comment.  It should be noted that the original intention was to publish the ban regardless, without public comment.  Thus it can be assumed that the decision had (has) already been taken and the officials concerned are merely going through the motions.
 
Therefore it is imperative, I believe, that every person who has interest in this matter writes in to the required address which presumably will be published with the draft for comment.  It's not sufficient to leave this to one person, like the BDSAA Environmental Officer, or to a Club secretary.  Everyone must write in.
 
Comment must be logical and sober - avoid "yelling" at them.  The gist of what needs to be said is in the latest red steenbras article in Skiboat magazine and the previous article (not Graham Winch's..!).  Points to consider:
 
1.           There's no need for a complete moratorium on catching.  A ban on the commercial trading, lengthened closed season and more effective compliance initiatives to prevent illegal catching and sale is what is needed.
 
2.           There are likely to be severe unintended negative consequences of a complete moratorium.  Deepsea recreational fishermen are the "eyes and ears" of compliance initiatives and through launch-site licence requirements have a greater control over fellow fishermen.  If recreational fishermen are not allowed to catch red steenbras, there will be reduced interest in protecting them from illegal activity and the illegal trade will go further underground which could result in even greater illegal harvesting, like has occurred with perlemoen.
 
3.           The Department's reasoning and information regarding the proposed moratorium has not been made public to enable constructive comment.  There is only a rumour they are acting on statistics which show that commercial catches have declined 99%.  There is no correlation between that and a decline of the fish stocks, because with reduced number of commercial licences and greatly reduced quotas the fish is no longer of legal commercial significance and is no longer being targeted by legal commercial activity.
 
4.           No attempt has been made by the Department to gather information on recreational statistics.  These will also have declined with reduced catch limits (quotas) but most recreational fishermen have reported increased, not decreased red steenbras activity and releases indicating recovering and increasing populations.  Quote from your own experiences.
 
5.           Recreational fishing is an important contributor to the national economy, more so than commercial line fishing.  A ban on catching fish will impact negatively on a significant economic generator and if taken to its logical conclusion, will result in a complete ban on recreational fishing as and when other species are regarded as collapsed.
 
There's lots of other stuff I'm sure everyone can contribute.
 
Please distribute this as widely as possible within your clubs and amongst sympathetic parties, especially commercial interests which recreational fishing supports, such a tackle shops, boat builders and boating shops.
 
The objective must be to have a deluge of considered objections to the proposed ban with constructive alternatives.  Please make this the subject of pub and social talk and persuade everyone to make a submission.  The response must be so significant and unprecedented that the Department will be unable to ignore it.
 
Regards,
John.
 
 
 
John Rance
Environmental Officer
Border Deep Sea Angling Association   (Affiliated to SADSAA)
Email jcrance@rancetimber.co.za
PO Box 18, Stutterheim, 4930, South Africa
Tel: 043 - 683 5202
Fax: 043 - 683 5266
"Committed to responsible and sustainable use of the Environment, dedicated to the rights of sportfishermen"

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