Submissions, Responses & Correspondence
Our submissions on important issues, responses to our submissions and formal correspondenceRecFish SA makes submissions on matters concerning the recreational fishing community. We regularly conduct community consultation on important issues and our documents are also informed by thorough research and expert analysis.
RECENT RESPONSES, SUBMISSIONS AND FORMAL CORRESPONDENCE
Find recent documents and correspondence below.
Snapper Management
- 14/04/21 – Snapper Allocation Final – RecFish SA
- 25/05/21 – Snapper Allocations – Mr David Basham
- 15/06/21 – Snapper Allocations – RecFish SA
- 05/07/21 – South East Snapper Fishery Management – RecFish SA
- 19/07/21 – Snapper Allocations – Mr David Basham
- 24/08/21 – Snapper Allocations – RecFish SA
- 24/08/21 – Snapper Allocations – RecFish SA
- 27/10/21 – New Snapper rules “unfair” for recreational fishers
- 28/10/21 – Sensible outcome for recreational fishers on Snapper
Recognising fishing as a sport and recreation
- First letter to Minister Wingard – Recognising rec fishing as a sport or recreation
- First response from Minister Wingard
- Second letter to Minister Wingard
- Second response from Minister Wingard
- Third letter to Minister Wingard
- Third response from Minister Wingard
Coorong Fishery – Black bream concerns
- Black bream concerns
- Response from PIRSA regarding RecFish SA Black bream concerns & Incoming Coorong management measures
MRFAC Draft Recreational Fishing Strategy for South Australia
Yellowtail Kingfish – Concerns with commercial netting
Review the documents and correspondence linked below.
- PIRSA Lakes and Coorong fishery statistics and performance indicators
- PIRSA Black Bream management options paper (Aug 2017)
- RecFish SA Black Bream management (Jan 2018)
- RecFish SA Black Bream survey (Jan 2018)
- RecFish SA rationale for proposed management actions for Black Bream (Jan 2018)
- PIRSA letter to RecFish SA regarding Black Bream (May 2018)
- RecFish SA letter to PIRSA regarding Black Bream (May 2018)
The towns of Wallaroo, Moonta, Pt Hughes and Port Victoria benefit substantially from recreational fishing visitation and associated tourism spending, with travel, accommodation and hospitality expenditure amounting to major components of recreational fisher spending. RecFish SA want to ensure that any changes to aquaculture zoning do no compromise the realisation of the social benefits experienced by fishers or the economic benefits of related expenditure in regional communities.
During 2016 PIRSA Fisheries were consulting on a series of proposed changes to recreational fishing rules. RecFish SA attended community meetings accross the state, and we ran a number of online/ electronic consultation campaigns.
1550 individual recreational fishers completed our 44 question survey. We recieved detailed submissions from our network of Recreational Fisheries Committees located on the Lower Eyre Peninsula, Upper Spencer Gulf, West Coast and Adelaide. We also recieved submissions from fishing clubs, associations and groups based in the South East and the Yorke Peninsula.
Our final sumbission to PIRSA was structured to reflect the feedback we recieved and was also informed by analysis of the relevant, available fishieres research.
Download RecFish SA’s 2016 Size, Bag & Boat Limit Review Submission
You can also download our submission from the Public Hearing on the Recreational Fishing Management Plan
Submission to the Productivity Commission Inquiry into Marine Fisheries & Aquaculture
In our submission we cover a range of important issues, none more so than the need for data to be collected on the economic and social value of recreational fishing. We highlight this issue as a top priority for future research for our sector and explain that it is essential to be collecting this data regularly, using a standard methodology. The collection of such information is critical if we wish to be able to measure the success of management decisions and in order to compare results over time/ across state borders.
