b'UpdateWest Coast SNA8 They were eyeing up increases for the commercial BY MATHEW HEWETSON BETTER NEWS fishing quota from around 1300 tonnes each year to between 3,0654,150 tonnes a year! This FOR THE WEST SIDE significant increase would We reported in the previous Sep/Oct issue that The Minister ofimpact the fishery onceWINagain and threaten stocks and the recreational fishing out on the Tasman coast.LegaSea got to work Oceans and Fisheries, David Parker was undertaking a reviewand did a fantastic job in of the west coast snapper fishery (SNA8) with proposals toseeking submissions from the public, with more than increase the commercial catch on the table.10,000 received by DavidA PAIR OF BOMBER MANA Parker for his consideration. WHITE POLARISED FLOATING This strong response from people who care about theSUNNIES VALUED $120!Snapper 8 fishery and wider environment obviously(All FIGZ Club subscribers go in the draw in November, winner drawn 1st Dec)helped and the decision to increase the quota by 23% (300 tonne) is a much better figure than the worryingly 3000+ tonne proposals.It came in effect on the 1st of October and will be reviewed again in three years time, so we need to ensure we keep reminding the Government of our voice and to use common sense when looking at this fishery Snapper fishing off Ripiro hasso our future generations finally recovered from the darkcan continue to enjoy this days of the 80s and 90s fromkaimoana.FIGZcommercial overfishing.H aving grown up this time and over the past 10Surfcasting the JOIN THE CLUB ONLY $5 PER MONTHand fished myyears in particular, the fishingwest side is popular for whole life out onhas dramatically improvedKiwis with good fish the west coastthat I have witnessed, and Inumbers encountered.off Dargaville,have recently experienced Northland. I wassome of the best snapper concerned at this news andsurfcasting off Ripiro Beach recalled as a young anglerin the past 18 months, so itBY BECOMING A MEMBER YOU WILL GET ACCESS TO OUR MONTHLY HOW-TO AND how hard it was to catchhas worked. TACKLE TEST VIDEOS AND READ THE LATEST DIGITAL COPIES OF FISHING IN GODZONE. snapper surfcasting in theHowever, as we well knowPLUS GREAT MEMBERS ONLY DEALS ON FISHING PRODUCTS AND ACCESSORIES!eighties and nineties becausemore fish unfortunately of the commercial over-fishingmeans more dollars.TheBECOME A MEMBER TODAY VISIT: FISHINGINGODZONE.CO.NZfrom the 1970s - 1980s. SNA 8 area which occupies a As the west side snappervast fishery was reviewed by stocks were struggling, it wasthe Government with their decided to leave this area toestimations fish stocks were rebuild since the early 2000sback to 54 per cent from and no changes to the quotathe paltry 7 per cent it had had come in to affect.Duringplummeted to.SCAN TO VIEW FIGZ CLUB!78FISHING IN GODZONE NOV/DEC 2021'