Tulz Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Do commercial fishos have different size limits to rec fishos? I noticed 3 well undersize Jewies at a local fish shop today. Would have only been around 50-55cm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elferoz777 Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 Same. I have seen luderick and bream at one place that would have been 15 cms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yowie Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 From memory, the pros are allowed 10 fish from 45 to 70cm, though us fishos are limited at the new 70cm size. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbink Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 (edited) The allowance for smaller mulloway is for mesh netters I think you will find. Otherwise the pros have the same legal sizes as recs. Often the undersized fish you see in shops are from aquaculture. Edited June 7, 2015 by billfisher Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest no one Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 probably farmed fish, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tulz Posted June 7, 2015 Author Share Posted June 7, 2015 Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 4myson Posted June 7, 2015 Share Posted June 7, 2015 My Brother in law used to run a Fish & Chip shop & while buying his supplies from the fish markets in Sydney he would notice quite a few undersized fish all of species & I mean TINY ! He would regularly send me photos . When he questioned the auctioneers about the size limits regarding trawlers , Apparently there allowed to sell onto the fish markets a small percentage of undersized fish known as Bycacth ... There were commercial fisherman who would disregard the small percentage rule & every now & then Fisheries would hand out Fines & remove the undersized fish from sale , But the Fisheries would only inspect the markets every so often ... Which according to my Brother In Law wasn't done regularly enough !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bessell1955 Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Funny one law for us and another for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fragmeister Posted June 10, 2015 Share Posted June 10, 2015 Hi Tulz, Yes the replies are pretty spot on. A few different rules, some farm fish. What I find most interesting is the quality of the fish in your typical fish shop. I sus out the local fish shop most days and I see the same fish for most of the week still on ice for sale. Un-gutted fish clearly bruised from poor handling at least 3 or 4 days old is clearly not going to be any good on the table at least to the taste of a fisherman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scratchie Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 Have just checked with a fisheries officer and they are allowed to sell a certain quota of there bycatch being undersized fish. It will equate to a portion of there catch. Most are returned to the water, however their mortality rate is high so they are allowed to sell them! Cheers scratchie!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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