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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2274869/South-African-fisherman-person-convicted-killing-great-white-shark.html?ICO=most_read_module#axzz2KHIAc3W2South African fisherman becomes first person ever to be convicted of killing a great white shark Leon Bekker was fishing from the shore using heavy duty tackle He was fined £8,500 under the Marine Living Resources Act Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2274869/South-African-fisherman-person-convicted-killing-great-white-shark.html#ixzz2KHK9g29FPosted Image
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From the news article;"This prosecutor analysed the law and said as anglers fishing with heavy equipment in an area known for white sharks, they would have a reasonable expectation of catching great white sharks, and so just by fishing with that equipment in that area they are in effect breaking the law."A very slippery slope - one wonders what the dividing line between "reasonable expectation" and "possibility" might be...Is there merely just a possibility of a GW being hooked at [insert pretty well any South Oz location here] or is it reasonably likely?Is not EP (particularly) "known" for GWs?"Environmentalists believe the ruling sets a new precedent in that anyone using heavy-duty fishing tackle in an area where white sharks are known to inhabit is effectively breaking the law." Define "known to inhabit" - hell, they`re sighted Adelaide metro every now and then...hmmm...

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as usual Kon.. you see the potential dangers of these articles.. nice work. and well pointed out! similar issues here with our sharking regulations.. and also currently if you fish the onk with bream gear during the ban. even with out bream in your bucket you can be done for "targetting" them during the ban. similar could be said for snapper??

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Del, the Snapper thing is already of some concern to me. We have marks for our two fishing holiday areas in SA where we genuinely know (from experience over a period of years) that we are more likely to catch Nannies than Snapper - however, potentially having to justify your position in explaining that to a fisheries boat that happens to come alongside just as you are hooked up to a snap during the closure could be...an interesting exercise. :dry:

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Del' date=' the Snapper thing is already of some concern to me. We have marks for our two fishing holiday areas in SA where we [b']genuinely know[/b] (from experience over a period of years) that we are more likely to catch Nannies than Snapper - however, potentially having to justify your position in explaining that to a fisheries boat that happens to come alongside just as you are hooked up to a snap during the closure could be...an interesting exercise. :dry:

You'd be ok for sure. If they had common sense and realised that you were targeting other species your all good. As long as that hooked snapper went straight back as carefully as possible.
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