MFC November 2008 Results

Condolences

The fishing club wishes to express its sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of its past members:

• Steve Kuk
• Manny Yacoub
• Bob Shorten

Their friendship and contribution to the club's activities is highly appreciated and will be sadly missed by all members of the club.

20 July 2008

Trip date	Sunday, 20 July, 2008
Port	Kiama
Boat	Seaker
Captain/Assistant	N Samson/B Razmovski
Trip report	Conditions not suitable to go out wide. Tried the 40 fathoms for poor results due to fast drift, Came in closer to 11 O'clock reef for some good mowies. 13 mowies, 2 snapper, some 2 pointers. Biggest fish 1.62 kg mowie by N Samson
Biggest fish	Morwie weighing 1.62 kg caught by N Samson

13 July 2008

Trip date	Sunday, 13 July, 2008
Port	Wollongong
Boat	Aquila
Captain/Assistant	T Neskovski/M Sechi
Trip report	Fished the 30s off Stanwell Park resulted in a good day fishing. Catches of 21 morwong, 39 leatherjacket, 4 snapper, 2 flathead, 7 pigfish, 1 goatfish, 1 tarwhine, 2 barracuta and numerous stg baker and maori wrasse. Biggest fish 1.03 morwong caught by P Keogh.
Biggest fish	Morwong weighing 1.03 kg caught by P Keogh

6 July 2008

Trip date	Sunday, 6 July, 2008
Port	Kiama
Boat	Seaker
Captain/Assistant	A Nellems/P Burkhart
Trip report	Good conditions to 60 out wide but skipper told us we should have been near the day before - heaps of morwies and snapper in close. We fished 35 to 40 fathoms for 16 mowies, 13 piggies 1 snapper and a few 2 pointers. Biggest fish for the day 1.60 kg Sgt baker by Bill Raz.
Biggest fish	Stg baker weighing 1.60 kg caught by B Razmovski

Competition Results 2008-2009

	Name	Points
1.	T Neskovski	98.93
2.	H Tepesh	72.3
3.	K Bowler	68.67
4.	M Sechi	52.45
5.	A Nellems	50.77
6.	P Keogh	49.1
7.	B Shorten	48.85
8.	B Razmovski	44.38
9.	N Samson	25.64
10.	C Huynh	22.68

Bag of the month:

Month	Date	Name	Weight	Port
July, 08	13/07/08	T Neskovski	10.42	Wollongong

Fish of the month:

Month	Date	Name	Species	Weight	Port
July, 08	20/07/08	N Samson	Morwie	1.62	Kiama

Member's tally:

Name	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Total
K Bowler	68.67	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	68.67
P Burkhardt	13.95	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.95
M Camdzie	20.9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20.9
F Galazzo	19.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.14
C Huynh	22.68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	22.68
P Keogh	49.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	49.1
V Lam	15.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	15.2
S Levanic	21.84	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21.84
A Nellems	50.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50.77
T Neskovski	98.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	98.93
B Razmovski	44.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44.38
? Riffet	18.56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.56
N Samson	25.64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25.64
M Sechi	52.45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	52.45
B Shorten	48.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	48.85
H Tepesh	72.3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	72.3

Cod walloped - and other names besides

Kelly Burke Consumer Affairs Reporter
May 7, 2007

RED SNAPPER, blue eye cod and deep sea perch will be extinct within the next two months. The demise of hundreds of other varieties of fish will also take place over the coming months - but in name only.

After 20 years of research and negotiation, the seafood industry is in the final stages of standardising the names for almost 3000 commercial species of fish. By the end of the year, consumers - regardless of their state - should be able to sort their skate from their flake and their hake.

Ted Loveday, the managing director of Seafood Services Australia, says the confusion over fish names, which began as early as the 1920s, is threatening consumer confidence in the multi-billion dollar seafood industry, and impeding Australia's participation in the international market.

By midyear blue eye cod will no longer be a cod, nor will red snapper be a snapper: blue eye trevalla and Bight redfish will make their debut instead. Mahi mahi will replace the difficult-to-market dolphin fish, while deep sea perch will be officially known as orange roughy.

Mr Loveday said the industry had finally reached a "99 per cent agreement on 99 per cent of the names". But he conceded re-educating the public would be a gradual process.

Fishmongers at the Sydney Fish Market yesterday were less enthusiastic about the new standard names.

"I will keep selling this as deep sea perch, not orange roughy, because this is what my customers know it as," said Tony Tsiklas, manager of Claudio's. "Sure, people can get confused sometimes, but why should we confuse them further?

"Snapper is snapper, no matter what the colour and we're not going to change that," said Marcus Deposito, manager of De Costi Seafoods.

Gesturing to a haul of red spot whiting, Mr Deposito said he was sceptical that the fish's new name - eastern school whiting - would catch on. But he conceded that the industry would eventually have to comply with the new name standard.

"We haven't got a choice, we'll have to change," he said. "We'll probably put the old name in brackets … bring it in slowly, and make sure it's user-friendly."

The Sydney Fish Market's supply manager, Gus Dannoun, said a lot of the names had "just been given by locals or by very creative retailers over the years".

Can't find deep sea bream? Try looking for morwong instead. And jewfish? Only if it's been caught in northern Queensland, Mr Dannoun said. "If it's local, then it's probably mulloway."

Source: The Sydney Morning Herald