Public Address | Cafe | Envirologue: Hook, Line and Sinker – National’s Empty Bribe to Rec Fishers https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/ en-us Copyright (c) 2026 Public Address BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337484#post337484 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337484#post337484 it is harder and harder to do that without a big boat and expensive equipment

Although at the same time access to a boat and good equipment has never been easier. It still seems to be a sport that attracts all demographics, even if the super rich have become even…

]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:19:59 +1300 Luke Williamson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337478#post337478 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337478#post337478 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:37:44 +1300 linger https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337477#post337477 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337477#post337477 last time Steven mentioned doing this, so I assumed it was just a typo for “eradicated”. Maybe I was wrong! ]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:07:00 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337476#post337476 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337476#post337476 We just irradiated lots of opossums

Is that the new approach to pest control – drop slugs of Cobalt-60 around the woods so the 'possums just have to crawl buy them and get nuked? I'm sure people won't object to that.

]]> Mon, 30 Mar 2015 14:50:04 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337425#post337425 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337425#post337425 We just irradiated lots of opossums.

That wasn't for sport! In fact, sportsmen are super bitter on it, because it's less little mammals for them to blow away.

]]> Sun, 29 Mar 2015 11:40:28 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337396#post337396 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337396#post337396 Catching and releasing fish just for fun, is really sick.

I pretty much meant doing it when you're fishing with the intention to eat some of them. If you like the fishing experience at all, then the experience of reeling in a fish that you then release has pretty much…

]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2015 19:34:55 +1300 Joe Wylie https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337394#post337394 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337394#post337394 Catching and releasing fish just for fun, is really sick. But it’s culturally acceptable, so doing its not going tick any boxes...
A cartoon which I can no longer find, but which made a deep impression back when I saw it, had an interesting take on that theme. It portrayed…

]]> Sat, 28 Mar 2015 18:26:46 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337389#post337389 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337389#post337389 Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:19:45 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337387#post337387 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337387#post337387 Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:13:53 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337378#post337378 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337378#post337378 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 19:26:32 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337367#post337367 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337367#post337367 why do we need a license to catch trout?

To pay for the trout hatchery to breed them?

Why aren't trout farmed and sold commercially in NZ? It's not like they're a native species that needs to be protected.

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2015 15:10:34 +1300 Tom Semmens https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337365#post337365 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337365#post337365 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 14:54:09 +1300 Rich of Observationz https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337360#post337360 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337360#post337360 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 12:42:52 +1300 Luke Williamson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337358#post337358 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337358#post337358 Fri, 27 Mar 2015 11:44:09 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337355#post337355 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337355#post337355 What recreational fishers won’t face up to, with respect to the inner Gulf in particular, is that they are equally responsible for over fishing.

It's a hard thing to face up to, since most people's share of the blame is miniscule. It's the large number of people doing it that…

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2015 10:54:04 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337346#post337346 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337346#post337346 pisced off...
As usual, no one speaks up for the rights of fish.
as evidenced by this story :
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/67504117/Elephant-fish-impales-fisherman-with-7cm-spike
As for his foe – its filleted remains were
destined for the family dinner table
Foe!?? !! – kidnap and murder victim surely...
this 'sportsman' brought it all on himself.

]]> Fri, 27 Mar 2015 08:28:15 +1300 Luke Williamson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337335#post337335 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337335#post337335 They are promising recreational fishers something they essentially already have. As you pointed out, there is almost no commercial fishing in the inner Gulf, and what there is is of the best sort – small, targeted and quota managed.
What recreational fishers won’t face up to, with respect to the…

]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2015 15:54:49 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337323#post337323 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337323#post337323 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:55:04 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337322#post337322 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337322#post337322 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 13:39:14 +1300 Ian Dalziel https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337305#post337305 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337305#post337305 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 07:49:42 +1300 Dan Salmon https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337302#post337302 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337302#post337302 Thu, 26 Mar 2015 06:48:56 +1300 BenWilson https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337296#post337296 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337296#post337296 Thorny issue. A "few hundred thousand people" is no small pool of beneficiaries. What are the best guesses at what the impact of making the inner Hauraki a recreational-only reserve on the fish stocks?

I presume the argument here is that whatever fish the commercial fishers lose will add to…

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 23:23:21 +1300 andin https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337282#post337282 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337282#post337282 Presumably, Auckland votes are more valuable than the last few strands of DNA
Bet they value their DNA inordinately! Is this what social Darwinism looks like (your emoji of choice here)

]]> Wed, 25 Mar 2015 19:48:34 +1300 Graham Dunster https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337275#post337275 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337275#post337275 Wed, 25 Mar 2015 18:15:01 +1300 Public Address https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337274#post337274 https://publicaddress.net/system/cafe/speaker-hook-line-and-sinker-nationals-empty/?p=337274#post337274 Discussion from blog post.

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