All Tackle Stores To Close From Newcastle To Woolongong

[craigtempo]

WELL YOU CANT BUY TACKLE FROM ANYWERE ROUND SYDNEY ,NEWCASTLE OR WOOLONGONG NOW BECAUSE ALL OF THE TACKLE STORES INCLUDING BIGW,***** ,ANNACONDA CANT SELL ANY GEAR , BECAUSE OFF THE REC FISHING CLOSERS IN ALL THESE WATERS .

HOW DID THIS HAPPEN

BECAUSE MOST FISHERFOLK BECAME COMPLACENT AND THOUGHT OH IT WONT HAPPEN AND ILL LET SOME ONE ELSE WORRY ABOUT THE MARINE PARK CLOSERS......

THIS COULD BE A REALLITY

IF YOU DONT VOTE AND GET ACTIVE BY WRITING LETTERS , VOTING ON SITES,PAPERS ,TELL YOUR MATES AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE

THIS WILL HAPPEN

CRAIG

[tan the fisherman]

there is no way this will happen - effectively its restraint of trade by the govt.

Edited December 16, 2008 by tan the fisherman

[craigtempo]

there is no way this will happen - effectively its restraint of trade by the govt.

im only showing what could happen if the marine park and no fishing closures go through ...

im trying to get fisherfolk proactive and not think that everything will be alright someone else will fix it .

the one fishing tackle shop at byron bay has closed down sighting no buisness since the marine park was enforced.

cheers

craig

[squizzytaylor]

there is no way this will happen - effectively its restraint of trade by the govt.

Tan it has and is happening, Port Stephens, Jarvis Bay, Byron bay. The hawkesbury shelf biodiversity study has been in existence for a few years now and is the basis for the plans.

There were a few of us who attended all the rallies, all the info nights, crashed the 2006 state labour conference at town hall and consistently saw 150 and less people who could be bothered to attend the protests etc.

The attitude that it wont happen is the exact reason it will happen and has happened.

What the fishos need urgently is one group to represent them. 1 group of 100'000 is a lot better than 100 groups of 1000.

I suggest every one start hitting the state shadow ministers with emails in cluding Envirnment, DPI, Tourism, Ports and waterways as well as the opposition leader as quite frankly a promise to recend these plans if power is taken is pretty well money in the bank, Duncan Gay promised this before the last election however the Libs got beaten (by a much smaller margin than expected).

I doubt given the recent Faux Pas' of the state govt that they have the chance of a snowball in hell of reclaiming power.

Geoff

[rockfisherman]

it is happening....but its not all the way, at jervis bay, theres sections where u cant fish and sections where u can fish..... and i cant see sale of tackle ceasing...to much of a back lash involved, especially with all the big name stores.....

rockfisherman

[glennmreid]

very sad state of affairs.

[Bent_Rod]

well pollution has been on the rise too, is it a good idea to ban driving a car in areas where there is more pollution for 10 years?? the idea of banning fishing from such a wide area is absurd! When i first heard of this proposition i honestly thought it was a joke. Whos idea was this?? who ever it was, im sure this person never goes fishing with his kids or family, because he doesn't know what effect this will have on families that love fishing

[netic]

Mate lets not get aheqad of ourselves, nothing has happened, its all a proposal that in honesty may or may not come to be........

[bart]

Patience lads ,patience. The roof has not fallen in yet.We have to keep an eye on the cracks and discuss how we are going to fix em. That is our goal. The fishraider forums are a chalkboard and we should all attend class and discuss.

Cheers BART.

Edited December 18, 2008 by bart

[tan the fisherman]

Craig - I didnt mean to offend you. You rightly are trying to create awareness to the subject.

Perhaps my comment was simply too brief.

I believe that before any marine park is declared official there will be a huge debate and the proposal will be defeated by you, me and all the other anglers within the region.

Geoff - Squizzytaylor - Im the first to support NO MARINE PARK and will do whatever it takes to get my voice heard on this issue. Like the rest of us, I too have invested plenty of $$ just to fish.

Im just saying not all tackle shops will close as the post title states.

[bear_au46]

if they go ahead with the marine parks and ban fishing

their should be a case for enforcing a government buyback

of boats and fishing tackle and associated equipment

like they did for guns , can you imagine the cost

just my thoughts

[high_speed_metal]

I must say I went to a store with a $50 work gift voucher yesterday and they had nothing I was interested in. Maybe because its Christmas but I remember them having a LOT more stock than they do. Socks and undies it was