| Hi all, I'm Izaak a 14 year old student at Tauranga
Boys' College and am currently in the inquiry class, and this term
I decided to do an inquiry that was not only a growing problem in
New Zealand but a great hobby of mine. So my question is: Should
there be a permit for recreational salt-water fishing?
After interviewing a few experts that cover my questions I headed
to the beach to get recreational fishermen's opinions and I'm glad
I did as it opened up a whole new window of ideas. But after thinking
and a lot of research I come to my own conclusion, I personally
think there should be a permit for recreational fishing.
Why? Well that's simple.
Not to be picking on kontiki fisherman but some rules for those
machines are just plain dumb. First of they have 25 hooks, right.
If you send it out for about 3 hours and hook 25 snapper in the
first hour, surely after 2 hours of dangling and fighting for life
they will be dead no two ways about it. Then you haul it in with
all these snapper on and you're only allowed 9. What happens to
the other 16, you can't give it away, can't sell it, so you have
to chuck it back to the sea dead . . . good? I don't think so. And
like I said I'm not picking on kontiki fisherman as there are plenty
of other dilemmas out there that come to mind.
A permit holder would be required to sign a statement that said
that they were aware of the rules and regulations. There would need
to be a small fee. There will be a separate fee to international
fisherman as there line will need to be stripped so no bugs or unwanted
matter enter our waters.
Why would you want to support a permit system?
Why? Well the money that you used to pay for the permit would
go straight back out there to you. Not in your wallets but out there
helping our fish stocks get to a sustainable level so that our grandchildren
have recreational fishing as an enjoyable sport. How is the money
helping our fish stocks? Well first I will say a fair share of the
money will be going to the M.A.F so that it is policed correctly.
As most will know coral's are being destroyed as you read. So money
from the permit system will go to making more man-made corals. Also
I think that a big problem is that people are unaware of what the
rules and regulations are so we will put money towards making people
aware.
Tight lines
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