blackfish angler Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Fished the harbour with Broometime for Blackfish ended up with 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arnie11 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Well done. Admire your success rate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 51 minutes ago, Arnie11 said: Well done. Admire your success rate thank you so much Arnie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papafish Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 nice catch as usual. since your a local, i wanted to ask you this. are fish from birchgrove and balmain eatable? just been hearing alot about fish can't and should not be consume around the area...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Good bag there and some nice sized fish in the mix. Nice session! Do you eat the fish from that area? I have occasionally taken fish from Balmain as I figure it is so close to the bridge but I'm also wondering what others' policies on this might be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 4 hours ago, papafish said: nice catch as usual. since your a local, i wanted to ask you this. are fish from birchgrove and balmain eatable? just been hearing alot about fish can't and should not be consume around the area...? Hi mate I fine the fish from those places are fine to eat but most of my fishing I take photos of the fish and let them go . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) I would not eat any fish from around the Home Bush and Ryde Bridge but I always look at fish fish to see if they look ok if not I put back . I have just found on the Internet a good read on the eating of fish in the Harbour.( Anglers ignoring Sydney Harbour Health Warnings ) I would say all fisherman should look at this . Edited November 30, 2016 by blackfish angler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted November 30, 2016 Author Share Posted November 30, 2016 I do not eat my fish only take photos and put on Masterfisho and Fish Raider for others to look at . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Hornet Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 They look like nice, healthy fish. Either that or you've got the smallest keeper net I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burger Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 (edited) Pretty sure the DPI has a recommended amount to limit eating of fish taken west of the bridge. I wonder about the difference in Dioxin levels of fish that eat bottom dwelling/feeding crustaceans compared to primarily vegetarians like blackfish. Edited November 30, 2016 by Burger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 Okay tell me this! You catch a luderick at North head how the hell do you know where it's been for how long etc etc....they're a travelling fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Guest123456789 Posted November 30, 2016 Share Posted November 30, 2016 12 minutes ago, luderick -angler said: Okay tell me this! You catch a luderick at North head how the hell do you know where it's been for how long etc etc....they're a travelling fish! You don't and it's a question I have often wondered what the answer to is. Are there any reports from DPI explaining how they arrived at the policy? I suspect it is based on statistical analysis. IE luderick at north head have this amount of dioxin on average. Luderick at Balmain have this amount of dioxins on average. It would be interesting to know the sample sizes and when the samples were taken. If they were small samples and/or taken many years ago then I would question the validity of the advice about the Sade consumption of fish in Sydney harbour. In any event, I think in relation to health the precautionary principle should be adhered to. That is, follow the DPI advice. I remember a 60 minutes episode that had a family who regularly consumed relatively small amounts of seafood west of the harbour bridge over many years. They had their dioxin levels tested and the readings were incredibly high. I understand it's a health condition whereby no symptoms can exist for many years than one day you're diagnosed with terminal cancer. A scary thought!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macman Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 1 hour ago, luderick -angler said: Okay tell me this! You catch a luderick at North head how the hell do you know where it's been for how long etc etc....they're a travelling fish! True of course. I seldom fish catch and release for luderick, one of the reasons I don't fish west of the bridge that often. I think if people are sensible and observe the DPI guidelines, its probably as good a guide as any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luderick -angler Posted December 1, 2016 Share Posted December 1, 2016 I was once told by CSIRO guys that I would need to eat 10 ton of fish a year for ten years from a known murk to have an adverse effect. But as the boys say it is precautionary advice and is there for a reason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackfish angler Posted December 1, 2016 Author Share Posted December 1, 2016 12 hours ago, luderick -angler said: I was once told by CSIRO guys that I would need to eat 10 ton of fish a year for ten years from a known murk to have an adverse effect. But as the boys say it is precautionary advice and is there for a reason I was lead to believe that you had to eat fish every day for years to have an effect but eating just a couple of days a week was to be ok ?????????. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike89 Posted December 3, 2016 Share Posted December 3, 2016 (edited) I have taken and eaten fish from places west of the Harbour Bridge, but only just west. As far as I know, the pollutants are concentrated in the Meadowbank/Homebush area due to industrial activities years ago. In places such as Rhodes fishing is strictly prohibited because of this (which is a shame, Rhodes is such a beautiful area with great water access). Even Middle Harbour supposedly has high levels of microplastics in the water system due to the dumping of chemical products over time. Bream taken from Sugarloaf Bay should not be eaten because of this (I think other species would be OK-ish). Unfortunately for me I had taken and eaten a couple of bream from this area before reading about this! DPI advice is to not eat fish west of the bridge at all and that is a good policy. However as others have mentioned it is hard to tell when fish obviously move about to different areas in the water system. It's a personal choice, but although I do take the odd fish west of the bridge I personally wouldn't be eating too much of it. Edited December 3, 2016 by Mike89 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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