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Call To Make Public Recreational Fishing Regulations

The Nationals have called for immediate release of the draft regulations that will govern recreational fishing from March next year.

By Peter Hall - 9th November 2007 - Back to News

Eastern Victoria MP and The Nationals’ Energy and Resources spokesman, Peter Hall, said the draft regulations should have been on public display from the start of August.

"However, they are still not on display and there is a now a real concern the draft regulations will be released over Christmas and that would allow only a very limited time for proper comment," Mr Hall said.

"It makes one wonder what is in the draft regulations, because it has been a tactic of this Government to release bad news at a time of the year, such as Christmas, when it is hard to contact people and for them to make comment."

Mr Hall raised the matter in Parliament this week, where he called on the Government to hurry up release of the draft regulations.

"The release of the draft regulations is well overdue, and I call on the Minister for Agriculture to expedite their release in order that all recreational anglers around the state have sufficient and proper time to have a look at the drafts and give input back to the government about their final form in time to meet the deadline of March 2008.

"I would be grateful if the Minister for Agriculture could advise me exactly what the proposed time line is for the release of the drafts and the finalisation of those regulations."

Mr Hall said the recreational fishing regulations establish things like bag limits for recreational fishers, minimum and maximum sizes, closed seasons, fishing equipment and other issues important for recreational anglers to know.

The current regulations expire in March 2008.

"A draft of the new regulations was scheduled to be publicly available at the start of August in order that recreational anglers and recreational angling clubs could have some input into the final form of those regulations," Mr Hall said.

"It has been suggested by some that the draft may well be released over the Christmas period, when it would be difficult to reach anglers, giving them only a limited opportunity to make comment on the draft."

Source: http://gippsland.com/

Published by: news@gippsland.com

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