The proposals by Economic Development to restrict non-commercial fishermen – and a counter-proposal to prevent leisure fishermen selling what they catch – were dropped yesterday after the States agreed two other minor changes to fishing rules.
The bag limit proposals would have restricted fishermen to a total of 20 ormers per day, five bass and five lobsters – although there was some uncertainty as to how the rules would be policed.
Assistant Economic Development Minister Len Norman told the States that having passed minor changes to the Sea Fisheries Law that required all vessels over 15-metres to carry satellite monitoring equipment, and rules to stop fishermen landing catches from unlicensed boats, he would drop the bag limit proposals.
