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25.01.2022 Hi,I If admin will approve this post I am looking for a skipper/coxswain to run my offshore shark/Mackerel boat in the Gulf of Carpentaria ..must have experience with shark and mackerel net fishing with hydraulics and be very mechanically minded.

23.01.2022 Qld Commercial Fishermen 19th Edition Jan 2020 - https://mailchi.mp//qld-commercial-fishermen-19th-edition-

19.01.2022 POSITION STATEMENT THE FISHERMENS PORTAL INC. NATIONAL SEAFOOD MARKETING STRATEGY COMPULSORILY CONTRIBUTIONS for fishermen... The Fishermens Portal Inc. represents our members (fishermen) in Queensland’s Net, Line, Pot and Trawl fisheries from the NSW border to the NT border. The Portal has a unique set of rules that prevents the Association from forming policy without the agreement of 100% of our members. This ensures that individuals do not misrepresent our members. Misrepresentation of fishermen has been an ongoing problem in Queensland and was the catalyst for the formation of the Portal, which began formally in May 2013. The Fishermens Portal Inc. does not recognize the Queensland Seafood Industry Association as the peak body of the Queensland fishing industry, nor do we recognize the National Seafood Industry Alliance as our voice on a National basis we respect their views of course but we reserve the right to disagree. The Portal is always willing to work with any groups to reach a satisfactory solution for all sectors of the seafood industry. The Portal raised this issue with FRDC last year and understands that FRDC is assisting industry to conduct research into marketing http://frdc.com.au/marketing/Pages/default.aspx: and we acknowledge that FRDC has no position on this. While surveys indicate strong support we question this given the feedback from our sector for a marketing strategy and we know that a marketing strategy will not happen in the absence of a compulsorily levy of some sort. To be clear, ‘For industry to make a decision about a levy on wild harvest seafood or fishers in Queensland’s state fisheries stakeholders need to have a clear understanding of costs, benefits and how they can influence the allocation of funds. Seafood Industry delegates, politicians and the wider community should be of no two minds, ‘that until the Portal has an influential role to play in any marketing strategy its members do not support a levy’. Further, Queensland’s wild harvest seafood is not difficult to sell. If some sectors of the industry need better promotion then they should not ask us to fund it. Why is funding not available to work with the wild harvest sector to investigate opportunities that could reduce our costs of production? We already have many marketing and industry promotional activities underway now so why would Government need to force people to pay into a fund that potentially will leave us with fewer resources to pursue our own marketing projects? Peak bodies need to explain why they are not acknowledging current industry marketing and promotional initiatives in this space. Fishermen’s views remain unheeded as proponents of the Seafood Levy salivate in anticipation of being able to drain more out of the lifeblood of the industry, the wild harvest sector. Updates will be posted on https://www.facebook.com/noseafoodlevy/ Authorised by Robert Pender Chair The Fishermens Portal Inc. 0427373844

19.01.2022 Portal response to ALP assistance: Coronavirus - https://mailchi.mp//portal-response-to-alp-assistance-coro

19.01.2022 Good work WA Fisheries "TWO Halls Head men have each been fined $8,000 for interfering with commercial crab pots. On a Thursday night on November 26 last year, ...a Fisheries and Marine officer saw two people in a small runabout travelling around the Peel-Harvey Estuary and Cox Bay. Aaron Edwin Pollard (32) and Andrew Michael Collyer (31) were ordered to each pay $8,000 in fines, plus court costs of $169.10, for illegally pulling four commercial crab pots in Cox Bay under the cover of darkness. A recorded interview was heard in Mandurah court last week, where the men admitted to Fisheries and Marine Officers that they pulled the pots with the intention of just having a look. They did not open any of the pots. Magistrate Vivien Edwards accepted the serious nature of the offences and spoke of the impact the matter had on the professional fisherman. The court was told that the commercial fisher checked his pots the day after the interference. He found some of them upside down and others relocated from where he had set the pots and they did not contain any legal size crabs, while his other pots nearby which had not been interfered with, did. Department of Fisheries South Metropolitan Compliance Manager Ryan Parker said Fisheries and Marine Officers would continue to work with commercial fishing operators to identify and charge any people found interfering with commercial crab pots. The commercial fishers operating in the Peel Harvey region supply their catches to the Mandurah and Perth markets and, as small independent operators, suffer major disruption and financial costs if their pots are disturbed or damaged, Mr Parker said. Commercial crab fishers here talk about the stress they suffer when this happens; wondering how they can make a viable living, while protecting their fishing gear and the emotional and financial toll that pressure brings their small family-run businesses. The fines issued by the court should be a warning to anyone who interferes with fishing gear belonging to others. People should also be aware that, in addition to any penalties ordered by a court, those who do not respect the property and rights of fishers face the real prospect of losing the privilege of engaging in licensed recreational fishing activities. Anyone who has information on illegal fishing activities is asked to call the FISHWATCH reporting line 1800 815 507 or contact the Department of Fisheries in Mandurah." See more

18.01.2022 New website www.fishermensportal.com.au

10.01.2022 That's Wild! That's why we're proud to be, a fishing family

05.01.2022 Boyne River and South Trees Inlet. Proposed changes - https://mailchi.mp//boyne-river-and-south-trees-inlet-prop