The trek netter had a good haul at Sonwabi today. Couple of good size kobbies were caught but also couple of hundred under size kobbies as well which promptly returned to the sea. There were few elf well , even though one decent size was caught it still took advantage of all the haarder around it...it had a haarder sticking out its mouth. The bulk of the haul was haarders and could be bought for 10 for R20. Attached some pics
The trek netter had a good haul at Sonwabi today.
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Br Wong 786
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Ek is ook bly, maar ek dis maar met om ons te flous .... 
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Hopefully most of them, ever seen fish transported between pens or ponds on a fish farm, not much difference. I'm not one for trek netting but this is a step in the right direction.
The dusky cob, nevermind the research telling us that the breeding stock has already collapsed, in the Southern Cape rivers is not being as lucky. I heard of boatloads being taken in the last few weeks and heard of shoals of 30+kg mammas being targeted commercially in the rivers. It is springtime and are they maybe congregating to spawn here? I'd love to know the ecology of the species.. When I see photos from for example the Gamtoos of big spawning balls of these duskies, in days past, at this time of year, I assume they are balling up to spawn as most fish do when they spawn en-mass. Maybe not the best plan to be pulling them out now and not much difference in my opinion to the TK and East cape guys nailing the breeding coppers which end up in Spanish fish markets?! For the most past, except a few species, and a few areas with localized stocks, our fish populations in this country are $%#&'d compared to what they used to be. We need desperately to become a more responsible fishing nation.
I commend the trek netters for taking care of the species not targeted, it makes a refreshing change from the status quo. Now if we could just get the licences pulled for the other trekkers that target the tail I'd really be happy. Raiding nursery stocks and breeding stocks commercially is just not cool and pretty dof.
The dusky cob, nevermind the research telling us that the breeding stock has already collapsed, in the Southern Cape rivers is not being as lucky. I heard of boatloads being taken in the last few weeks and heard of shoals of 30+kg mammas being targeted commercially in the rivers. It is springtime and are they maybe congregating to spawn here? I'd love to know the ecology of the species.. When I see photos from for example the Gamtoos of big spawning balls of these duskies, in days past, at this time of year, I assume they are balling up to spawn as most fish do when they spawn en-mass. Maybe not the best plan to be pulling them out now and not much difference in my opinion to the TK and East cape guys nailing the breeding coppers which end up in Spanish fish markets?! For the most past, except a few species, and a few areas with localized stocks, our fish populations in this country are $%#&'d compared to what they used to be. We need desperately to become a more responsible fishing nation.
I commend the trek netters for taking care of the species not targeted, it makes a refreshing change from the status quo. Now if we could just get the licences pulled for the other trekkers that target the tail I'd really be happy. Raiding nursery stocks and breeding stocks commercially is just not cool and pretty dof.