4 July 2010
Annual General Meeting - 21 July 2010
The following members were elected to the Fishing Club Committee for 2010-2011 term:
Executive committee members
Vice President: Bill Razmovski
Secretary: Warren Rankin
Treasurer: Vi Lam
Club Captain: Bill Razmovski
Publicity Officer: Paul Young
Sub Club Officers: Joe Ariti, Paul Burkardt, Maria Sechi.
New Members Coordinator: Stan Levanic
New point scores system
- 2 pointers fish are now awarded 5 points
- 7 pointers are now 10 pointers
- 11 pointers are now 15 pointers
- 17 pointers are now 20 pointers
- Leatherjacket are now in 10 pointers group
I have just updated the club's points table, and have also taken this opportunity to revise the size and bag limit in this table. This table is updated using the information on the NSW Department of Primary Industries' website.
There have been substantial changes since this table was last edited, many species have their size limit increased. As the result this table is also substantially changed, I've added bag limit for species where the limit is less than 20.
The table is as listed below (click it to enlarge the image), you can also download a copy from http://www.mediafire.com/?66j01gy6759nfu2
Condolences
The fishing club wishes to express its sincere condolences and sympathy to the family of its past member Andrew Chorobski.
Angler fined $11,000 for illegal fish haul
He copped the fine for exceeding the daily limit for leatherjackets.
Mr Brady, who is passionate about balancing marine sustainability with preserving Aboriginal cultural links with fishing, expressed his disgust over the penalty in an appeal to Wollongong District Court yesterday.
"I made a mistake but this penalty is ridiculous and on my calculation I'll be paying if off until 2050 when I'm dead and gone," he told the court.
Mr Brady, 32, of Stanwell Park, was found guilty of the offence in April this year.
He had 101 fish in his possession. The limit is 20.
Brady fought the charge arguing the fish were a number of different species and that they were to be distributed among several sick elders.
But the Fisheries Department engaged a legal and scientific team to prove him wrong over the species issue and said there were no provisions under the Fisheries Management Act for an indigenous entitlement.
They charged him two days short of the two years allowable for prosecution, an issue which was strongly criticised by Judge Paul Conlon yesterday.
Mr Brady told the court that on the day he had been fishing for aunties who included high-profile elder the late Aunty Mary.
He said despite the fact he was unemployed, he worked voluntarily as an Australian Aerial Patrol director and had lobbied ministers including the now-deposed Ian Macdonald for a better deal for indigenous fishing rights.
Mr Brady said while he supported the work of Fisheries Department officers, he felt they had come down too hard on him in this case.
Judge Conlon halved the fine to $500 and halved the costs to $5000.
Outside the court, Mr Brady said that was still too high considering the offence.
He said the real issue was the feeling among the indigenous community that they had been locked out of a cultural pursuit even when the species - such as leatherjacket - was abundant.
"I've written at least 20 submissions to the Government on indigenous fishing access issues but we are still not even considered stakeholders in the debate," he said.
Source: The Illawarra Mercury
Resources: NSW Bag and size limits - saltwater
Results of 2009/2010 Fishing Club Championships
Club Champion: Rifit Hadzic
Runner Up: Guiseppe Ariti
Veteran Champion: Guiseppe Ariti
Runner Up: Stan Levanic
Under 55 Champion: Rifit Hadzic
Runner Up: Doug Harris
Female Champion: Maria Sechi
Junior Champion: Bradley Harris
Fish of the Month:
| July 2009 | M DJakovic |
| August 2009 | S Cefai |
| Septermber 2009 | G Mifsud |
| October 2009 | R Hadzic |
| November 2009 | R MacKenzie |
| December 2009 | B Harris, H Tepesh |
| January 2010 | R MacKenzie |
| February 2010 | P Young |
| March 2010 | P Young |
| April 2010 | R Hadzic |
| May 2010 | S Levanic |
| June 2010 | I Mauro |
Bag of the Month:
| July 2009 | M Camdzic |
| August 2009 | B Razmovski |
| Septermber 2009 | S Levanic |
| October 2009 | R Hadzic |
| November 2009 | G Ariti |
| December 2009 | R Hadzic |
| January 2010 | G Ariti |
| February 2010 | R Hadzic |
| March 2010 | R Hadzic |
| April 2010 | R Hadzic |
| May 2010 | H Tepesh |
| June 2010 | R Hadzic |
Fish of the Year:
R Hadzic – Flathead 1.94 kg
Top ten Fishos, best of 8 trip scores
| R Hadzic | 977.00 |
| G Ariti | 810.98 |
| S Levanic | 802.21 |
| H Tepesh | 772.23 |
| B Razmovski | 734.93 |
| C O’Rourke | 724.89 |
| D Harris | 638.21 |
| M Camdzic | 549.53 |
| V Lam | 537.66 |
| S Cefai | 533.64 |