Wednesday, October 31, 2007
TAS POLICE STRESS SAFETY, COMPLIANCE, AND ENFORCEMENT AS ROCK LOBSTER SEASON OPENS THIS SATURDAY
Source: Tasmania Police
The opening of the recreational rock lobster season commences this Saturday the 3rd of November. This is traditionally a very busy time on the water around the whole state.Inspector Ross Paine the Officer in Charge of Marine and Rescue Tasmania Police said, “Police will be on patrol on the water at variety of locations around the State this week end to coincide with the opening of the recreation rock lobster season”
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
ARTHURS LAKE WEBCAM LIVE FOR NEW TROUT SEASON
Source: The CoastView Partners
Tasmania’s freshwater angling community has an online window to one of the State’s most popular fisheries with a new web camera installed at Arthurs Lake ready for the 2007-08 angling season.An initiative of Anglers Alliance Tasmania, the webcam beams live over the lake and boat ramp, enabling anglers to check conditions on and off the water from home before they make the trip.
The Arthurs Lake webcam received funding under the federal Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry’s Recreational Fishing Community Grants Programme last year. Other organisations to support the project are Transend Networks, Inland Fisheries Service and Hydro Tasmania
ACCESS THE NEW WEB-CAMERA HERE
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Monday, May 14, 2007
Source: The Hobart Mercury & http://www.seafood.net.au
Seafood Services Australia is looking to standardise fish names across Australia saying "industry-wide adoption of Standard Fish Names is vital".But this move, which would see products such as the "Tasmanian scallop" renamed the "commercial scallop", is creating a feeding frenzy of concern and debate about Tasmanian business and branding that is quickly turning political.
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Friday, January 12, 2007
DRINK BOATING “PROBLEMS” LIE MORE WITH FISHERMEN SAY YACHTIES
Source: TIM MARTAIN - THE HOBART MERCURY
"Mr Davison said feelings among the yachting fraternity were that problems tended to arise more from fishermen operating smaller runabout-style motor boats that could be launched from trailers at just about any boat ramp or beach. Also, the fishermen did not belong to boating clubs."
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Thursday, January 11, 2007
MORE DETAIL ON NEW BOATING RBT’S
Source: Inspector Ross Paine, Marine and Rescue Services, Tasmania Police & David Llewellyn, Minister for Police and Emergency Management
Some members of the CoastView community have expressed a desire for more clarification on the new boating RBT's embodied in the Marine Safety (Misuse of Alcohol) Act 2006.Inspector Ross Paine of the Tasmania Police Marine and Rescue Services has kindly provided CoastView.com.au with a briefing note on the subject which is included below along with the media release from Minister David Llewellyn and links to the relevant legislation on the Tasmanian Police website.
Hopefully this will help Tasmanian mariners and recreational boaters better understand the new laws.
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Wednesday, January 03, 2007
MAN INJURED IN EAST BOATING ACCIDENT
Source: Tasmania Police
A 40 year-old Prospect man has been transported to the Royal Hobart Hospital with suspected spinal injuries following a collision between two boats on the Swan River on the State’s East Coast this morning.
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Source: The Hobart Mercury
Police are now conducting random breath tests of boat operators as new marine safety laws come into effect.
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Saturday, March 11, 2006
Tuna frenzy leads to `horror show` at Pirates Bay
Source: The Hobart Mercury
Fishermen and women are landing good catches with three tuna species - striped, albacore and yellow-fin - as well as some marlin running off Tasmania's east coast.However the `tuna frenzy` is leading to traffic mayhem and bad behavior at the Pirates Bay ramp in Dootown near Eaglehawk Neck.
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