Squid in North Harbour (Manly area) - have rules changed?

[DerekD]

Hi All,

There was an article in today's Sunday Telegraph on page 38 about how fishing in Sydney harbour has improved since kingfish traps and commercial fishing has been stopped. They go on to mention 10 species and great places to catch them. Included in this list is the squid which I chase a lot of as I use it to catch kingfish, mulloway and other species. One of the locations indicated for squid is the Manly area.

To my knowledge the North Harbour part of Manly is an Aquatic reserve and can only be fished with line and you can only chase finned fish. This puts the squid out of contention.

While the X marks the spot seems to be a little closer to Manly wharf and thus might just be clear of Aquatic zone they have also indicated a hot spot which is well within what I understand the zone to be.

If the rules have changed and we can chase squid there it would be fantastic as it gives us another location in Sydney to chase them.

Does anyone know anything more about the situation?

Regards,

Derek