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Two commercial fishers have had their licences suspended with others fined a total of $18,000 after court cases involving more than 50 charges against.
Illegal crab fisher faces crushing penalties 28 January 2021
AN illegally-modified fishing boat has been crushed and the owner fined $6,000 in the Brisbane Magistrates Court as a warning to anybody considering breaching the state’s fishing regulations.
Speaking at Action Metal Recyclers, Oxley, Minister for Agricultural Industry Development and Fisheries and Minister for Rural Communities Mark Furner said the boat’s seizure and destruction followed a 2019 operation by the Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol (QBFP) targeting an illegal crabber in the Brisbane river area.
“The fisher had modified the seats of the vessel to create concealed compartments where our officers found regulated mud crabs,” Furner said.
A Fisheries Queensland blitz on illegal fishing in stocked freshwater impoundments has netted fines of almost $10,000, but CQ s contribution may surprise you. So far, 97 fisheries infringement notices with fines totalling $9717 have been issued Queensland-wide since the crackdown started in September. But Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol Central Queensland district manager Peter Dixon revealed the CQ region had not contributed to the fines total. Mr Dixon said he was delighted with the high compliance rate from those using Central Queensland s stocked freshwater impoundments. Since July 1, only three offences were detected on these (CQ) impoundments, all of which were dealt with through the issuing of a caution notice, Mr Dixon said.