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Media release: 21 October 2008 The risk to dolphins, turtles and seabirds within the Port Stephens area has moved the NSW Marine Parks Authority to set a 25 knot speed limit on commercial operators within the Port. The Port is within the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park and is the hub of a thriving dolphin-watch industry. The manager of the Port Stephens-Great Lakes Marine Park, Max Haste, said the Port is home to Australia's largest boat-based dolphin watch industry. "Dolphin-watch operators, conservationists and the general public are genuinely concerned about the risk to the animals from boats. The Marine Parks Authority agrees there should be measures in place to protect the animals, and the industry, and still allow for the coexistence of adventure craft operators." Mr Haste said the speed limit would only apply to commercial activities within the Port and the sanctuary zones immediately outside the Port entrance. He said there would be no other speed restrictions off-shore, where the risks of boat strikes were much lower. He said the Marine Parks Authority continued to welcome applications for tourism ventures within the Marine Park that would enhance the local economy, whilst meeting permit conditions which protect wildlife and the viability of existing businesses. "The commercial permits assessment strategy, as this new policy has been coined, has been endorsed through the local Marine Park Advisory Committee. The new speed limit will be applied immediately on all new commercial activity permits issued by the MPA." Mr Haste said 25 knots was akin to travelling about 50km/h. He said it was a limit that would cover the usual speed of nearly all commercial vessels that operate within the Port and would only impact on the activities which pose the most risk to marine wildlife. The new speed limit does not apply to private vessels. http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/media/DecMedia08102102.htm

Check out this guy on th guitar .. he is a 1 man orchestra ... with a guitar Andy Mckee - Africa - Toto

i used to have a tinny that had a couplr of cracks as well as half a dozen hull ribs that needed to be re-welded to the gunwales .. all up cost me $150 from an aluminimium place in warringah

Also shows results for Parra and Lane Cove rivers etc Beachwatch monthly media releases

I dont trust water temps with Kings anymore .. i've caught em on big plastics in 11 degree water and seen em turn their noses at fresh squid in 16 degrees thats fishing

Reminds me of a time about 20yrs ago when i was fishing in brisbane waters with my mate and his dad in their tinny. We were fishing out in between the breakwall and the railway bridge at gosford and we kept getting snagged up on something. Finally me mates old man hooks up to it with his big rod and starts dragging it in, low and behold it was a gill net, we spent about 20 mins hauling in about 20M or so worth and got a bucket of fish out of it then we went home and called fisheries and told em all about it. About a month later there was an article in the paper about it saying that it was over 150M in length all up .. but apparently there were no fish in it when they retrieved it??? No doubt the fisheries officers had a good bbq that night

I've generally found that Tailor will almost always go for the tail first, so it dioesnt matter which way you rig them, as long as you have a hook point in the tail area

2 yakkas still kickin ... i still havent changed the water (or cleaned the filter)

A scientist who has been watching and studying the Myall Lakes system for a number of years said today the current conditions of low salinity, low temperature and ‘dirty’ water being experienced in the Myall Lakes and Myall River is an entirely normal, though not very frequent, occurrence. Acting Manager of Department of Environment and Climate Change’s (DECC) Waters and Coastal Science Section, Dr Peter Scanes said, the channel conditions at the mouth of the Myall River are not contributing in any way to the recent fish kill caused by winter disease in the Bombah Broadwater or the prolonged 'fresh' being experienced in the Myall Lakes and Myall River. "The data is very clear that there is no reduction in the total volume of water leaving the Myall Lakes or the Myall River, just a temporary increase in the amount of fresh water flowing into Port Stephens." "The current situation is not a result of the system being blocked or choked at its mouth. If this were the case, then the lake should be getting deeper as time goes on, which is not happening." "Low salinity conditions at Tea Gardens are infrequent but quite natural events. In 1997 the salinity in the Myall River at Tea Gardens was very low for an extended period, similar to the conditions that are present now." Dr Scanes said, unlike many other NSW estuarine systems, the Myall Lakes system is a naturally slow flushing system and this combined with higher than average rainfall over the past two years, is essentially the cause of the current situation. "The Myall Lakes system can be described as a large “retention basin” capturing flows from the Myall River and then slowly releasing these flows into the Port Stephens estuary. This is a naturally slow process due to the constriction of the lower Myall River which is long (22km) and narrow." "It is estimated that it could take 750-800 days to flush the entire volume of the Myall Lakes. That is, the natural hydrology of the Myall Lakes is one of water retention and slow release to the ocean." The other significant factor has been rainfall over the past couple of years, not just the past few months, which has saturated the catchment around the lakes. "Many people may remember the minor floods in the Myall Lakes this year following storms in autumn and winter. There was up to twelve times the normal volumes of freshwater delivered to the lake system and this has forced saltwater down the lower Myall River." "Even after the rain and flooding has stopped, large volumes of freshwater continue to drain out of the saturated soils of the catchment and this is keeping saltwater a long way downstream. River flows have been higher than normal for four months and this is why 'fresh' conditions have persisted." "Simply, the high volume of fresh water still going downstream is much greater than the normal volume of saltwater pushing its way upstream with the tides." "When river flows drop to normal or base flow conditions we should see a slow increase in salinity in the Myall River and the Broadwater as the tidal salt water works its way back upstream. If rain continues, freshwater conditions will persist. Most recently the rains in early September have again raised the level of the river and the lakes." Dr Scanes encourages anyone who would like to find out more about the processes that are causing the current conditions in the Myall Lakes and Myall River, the long term outlook for the health of the Myall Lakes and the cause of the recent fish kill to look at the following information and links: Information regarding the fishkill and current conditions in Myall Lakes (myalllakesfishkill.pdf, 49KB) Water Quality Improvement Plan - Draft (Great Lakes Council) Dr Scanes said, "We should be concentrating on improving catchment management using processes such as the current Water Quality Improvement Plan which will improve the health of the Broadwater and not get diverted by the current obvious, but natural, water conditions at Tea Gardens."

no idea if they still have or ever had doctors and i've been feeding them a small peeled prawn broken up into small bits every few days .. i never see them eat it .. but i also cant notice any leftover prawn in the tank either

Well i just cheated (print screen) to ensure that i got them all right and the result was 20 By christ they get hard .. for the last 3 they have about 7 numbers and they even threw in dummy circles that had no numbers behind them for good measure

Well i got 24

Spot on the money ... as usual jewgaffer And hopefully they'll both be fulfilling their destinies early tomorrow morning

Yea this virus is the reason for it being banned as a bait .. reason being is that freezing the ab gut doesnt kill the virus

Already did that B1 & B2 Who can guess what they stand for?

Still got the two yakkas, still look fine ... havent changed the water once

info can be found here ... Saltwater location fishing closures

The world's largest wild abalone fishery, in the pristine waters off Tasmania's southeast coast, has tested positive for a deadly virus. Tasmania's chief veterinary officer Dr Rod Andrewartha said results have confirmed Abalone Viral Ganglioneuritis (AVG) is in multi-million dollar fishery for the first time. "We got laboratory confirmation early this afternoon that has confirmed the virus is present in the samples taken from the (Tasmanian) processing plant," Dr Andrewartha said. A seafood processor in Tasmania's south raised the alarm last week after discovering a number of suspect abalone showing signs of the virus. Dr Rod Andrewartha said other abalone in the same tanks as the infected specimens have since died. The processing factory was being carefully monitored and was now subject to some abalone movement restrictions, he said. AVG was a potentially serious disease of abalone, with very high mortality rates observed in some areas, he said. It does not affect humans. Samples of the diseased tissue were sent to the Australian Animal Health Laboratory at Geelong for analysis. Dr Andrewartha said the greatest concern was whether the disease was present in Tasmania's wild fisheries. "I must stress that this is samples taken from fish in the processing plant. "We have got no signs of disease and no signs from fish in the wild at this stage." Abalone can develop AVG when stressed from being held in holding tanks. Deadly virus in Tas abalone fishery

Media release: 2 September 2008 A covert surveillance operation by the Marine Parks Authority and the Department of Primary Industries in the Solitary Islands Marine Park has led to the apprehension of two people allegedly in possession of 30 lobsters. Solitary Islands Marine Park manager Nicola Johnstone said it was allegedly one of the biggest recreational lobster busts to date in the park and said a large number of the lobsters had been a prohibited size. "One of the lobsters was carrying eggs. 28 of the lobsters had been speared. In all 30 lobsters had been taken," said Ms Johnstone. "There are hefty fines in place for this type of offence, in this case if proved the two people allegedly involved in the illegal taking of the lobsters could face fines of up to $11,000." "Eastern rock lobsters come in from deeper waters to the Marine Park during July and August, where they then reside at inshore reefs for a few months." Ms Johnstone said Eastern rock lobsters were characterised by their green body and brownish to orange legs. "The maximum legal length has been reduced from 200mm to 180mm to conserve more of the mature spawning lobster stock. Berried lobsters, that is, females carrying eggs must be returned to the water for the same reason. The minimum legal length for Eastern rock lobsters remains at 104mm and the recreational bag limit is 2 per day." "Eastern rock lobsters can grow to over 1.5kg with a maximum carapace length - or shell length, of around 260mm." "It is timely to remind both commercial and recreational lobster trappers that they mark their traps appropriately. Recreational rock lobster fishers must set their traps in less than ten metres of water and adhere to the bag and size limits. Recreational divers are only able to take two lobsters per person by hand." Ms Johnstone said patrols are scheduled through to late October to monitor the inshore rock lobster fishery. For further information call the Solitary Islands Marine Park office on 6652 0900.

Can you use the cage traps (for muddies) in sydney harbour? I was under the impression they only allowed witches hats in sydney harbour .. however the cage traps are fine to use in the hawksbury?

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Got mine in the mail today as well and i got 84% .. anyone get 100%?

'Pearl Jam' was always my fav band

Got 2 and absolutely luv those rods. Was funny when i went to me local tackle store to buy my last rod (daiwa team advantage 3, 1 piece graphite) and i asked about graphite rods breaking more than your standard kind (had a mate whos broken the tip of at least 4 or 5 so far). Straight away he walks over to an ugly stik and bends it back on itself and says "well for starters you cant be doing stupid stuff like this with em!"

Yea i just checked the weather also .. saturday is looking like a good day to get some work done on the boat methinks