National Environmental Management: Biodiversity Act

[Riprap]

This is nothing new in the new dispensation and the "compulsory controls" are as policeable as making it illegal to look at a lekka chick in the street!

Maybe some of you are aware of the same fight we are having in the recreational fishing sector (marine) wrt policies, moratoriums and allocations. I've sat in these meetings with the Departments and it's mind boggling how legislation is formulated and bulldozed through into acts and notices.

It’s not that we are against all rules, regulations or legislations. It’s that there are too many outrageous, intrusive, rules to keep track of. Most times it’s very costly and simply not necessary as I feel is the case in this instance. Some of these regulations are made up by people in the cities who have never been on a boat or caught a fish for that matter and quite simply this almost amounts to harassment of a critical industry in this country.

I'm not surprised at all how this has gone. Rest assured, this is going to be a big fight but we don't have the endless financial resources that the state has............. :blue-rolleyes: