Port Panthers is hosting the State offshore in August '09.
OFF-SHORE CHAMPIONSHIPS - SATURDAY 29TH/SUNDAY 30TH AUGUST 2009.
HOSTED BY: PORT MACQUARIE PANTHERS ANGLING CLUB
HEADQUARTERS & REGISTRATION VENUE: PORT PANTHERS SPORTS CLUB, BOUNDARY ST, PORT MACQUARIE.
COMPETITORS ARE CAUTIONED TO BE AWARE OF HAZARDS INVOLVED IN FISHING & BOATING. ENSURE YOU SAFELY FISH/BOAT TO YOUR OWN CAPABILITIES.
TWO x SIX HOUR SESSIONS. NSWFCA operates a Safety Disc system which requires all Boat Captains to obtain same to ensure search details are available in case of mishap. Boat Captains to return disc to Safety Officer prior to commencement of Weigh-in for each session. Cost $10.00 per disc refundable on 2nd return 30 August.
REGISTRATIONS & DISC PURCHASE: Headquarters: Between 5.00pm & 7.00pm Friday, 28-08-09.
Competitors may also send nomination form, boat search details & cheque by post to reach Robyn Smith, by
26 August & pick up Stamp Out Card & Disc at nominated Boat Ramp only at 4.55 am Saturday 29th.
BOAT RAMPS: MARINA BOAT RAMP, Port Macquarie ; NORTH HAVEN BOAT RAMP, North Haven
STAMP OUT & BRIEFING: Each competitor is required to be in attendance at the “Briefing Session” for each Round and the “Stamp Out” as above (it is then up to the Competitor to decide at what time to actually put to sea). The “Briefing” will advise if the Round is – [a] “On”; [b] “Delayed Start” or [c] “Postponed/Off”. The Competition Committee reserves the right to change the times of the above competitions (by delaying commencement/bringing forward “Lines up” time) after taking into consideration weather/bar conditions.
Appropriate notices will be displayed on NSWFCA Notice Board at Headquarters and verbally advised at boat ramps.
ELIGIBILITY: Financial Registered members of affiliated clubs.
Competitors may enter one category for which they qualify by age or gender.
Competitors to produce current NSWFCA Registration card or proof of current NSWFCA membership if registration
card pending. Stamp Out cards issued at registration but Safety Disc will only be issued to boat captains whose
Stamp Out card indicates disc purchased.
ENTRY FEE:
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Seniors $ 7.00
Senior Teams $20.00 |
Juniors & Sub-Juniors $ 2.00
Junior & Sub-Jun.Teams $10.00 |
COMPETITION TIMES:
SESSION ONE: 5.00am Competition Briefing at (1) Marina Boat Ramp, Port Macquarie (2) North Haven Boat Ramp
5.05am Stamp Out 6.00am LINES DOWN
12 noon LINES UP 1.30 pm WEIGH IN at Headquarters
SESSION TWO: 5.00am Competition Briefing as above.
5.05am Stamp Out 6.00am LINES DOWN
12 noon LINES UP 1.30pm WEIGH IN at Headquarters
SAFETY DISCS: MUST be checked in or returned by:
a. 1.30 pm Saturday, 29th for confirmation of safe return to shore.
b. 1.30 pm Sunday, 30th for confirmation of safe return & deposit refund
BOUNDARIES: All Offshore waters accessible from ramps as mentioned above. eaH
9 SPECIES AWARDS: Snapper, Tailor, Tuna, Flathead, Kingfish, Trevally, Morwong, Leather Jacket,
Heaviest of other eligible specie on merit & Heaviest bag of most number of different eligible species.
RULES: Fish to be weighed whole – No allowance will be made for fish presented gilled & gutted.
The competition will be conducted in accordance with the NSWFCA By-Laws and NSW Fisheries Saltwater Regulations. Competitors are not permitted to weigh fish caught outside the stated session fishing times.
PROTESTS: Must be lodged in writing to Competition Secretary within 1 hour of the conclusion of the particular weigh-in.
AUTHORISED BY COMPETITION SECRETARY: ALAN CANNON, Chairman of Competition Committee.
2009 BSOFFSHORE PM
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NSWFCA Competition Size & Bag Limits. (as revised 23/9/2007) |
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Common Name |
Length cm |
Competition Daily Limit |
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Australian Bass & Estuary Perch (Closed Season 1st June – 31st August) |
25 |
In combination - 2
Only 1 over 35cm from Rivers or Streams |
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Australian Salmon |
30 |
5 |
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Billfish : Marlin – Black/Striped/Blue, Sailfish, Swordfish, Spearfish |
30 |
1 of each |
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Bonito |
30 |
10 |
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Bream & Tarwhine: Black & Yellowfin Bream & Tarwhine |
25 |
in combination 20 total |
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Carp, (all) |
30 |
5 |
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Catfish, Freshwater (Totally protected in western flowing Rivers and unlisted dams) |
30 |
5 in listed dams (See Fisheries List)
2 in other waters |
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Deep Sea Fish : Hapuka/Bar Cod/Bass Groper/Gemfish/Blue-eye Cod (Trevalla) |
30 |
in combination 5
Max 2 Gemfish & Boat Trip Limit of 10 |
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Dolphin Fish |
60 |
10 – only 1 over 110cm |
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Flathead : Dusky
Flathead : Eastern Blue-Spotted and Tiger
Flathead : (all others) |
36
33
33 |
20 Combined of all Flathead Species including maximum 10 Dusky Flathead with only 1 over 70cm |
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Flounder & Sole : (all) |
25 |
in combination 20 total |
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Garfish :All ( excluding beak) |
25 |
in combination 20 total |
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Groper : Blue, Red/Brown |
30 |
2 – Only 1 over 60cm |
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Golden Perch (Yellowbelly) |
30 |
5 |
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Hairtail |
30 |
10 |
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Kingfish : Yellowtail |
65 |
5 |
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Leatherjacket : (all) |
25 |
20 |
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Luderick |
27 |
20 |
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Mackerel : Spanish
Spotted |
75
60 |
in combination 5 total |
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Mangrove Jack |
30 |
5 |
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Morwong : Banded
Morwong : Rubberlip & Jackass
Morwong : Red |
30
30
30 |
5
10
5 |
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Moses Perch |
30 |
5 |
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Mullet, Sea
Mullet, (other than sea) |
30
25 |
in combination 20 total |
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Mulloway |
45 |
5 - only 2 over 70 |
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Murray Cod (closed season Sep, Oct, Nov)
Size to progressively change – 50 before 30/11/07 & 55 from 1/12/07 – 1/12/08 & 60 after 1/12/08 |
50
See Left |
2
0nly 1 over 100cm |
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Pearl Perch |
35 |
5 |
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Perch, Redfin |
25 |
20 |
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Perch, Silver (Totally Protected in rivers and unlisted Dams – See Fisheries List) |
25 |
5 |
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Red Rock Cod |
30 |
5 |
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Rock Blackfish (Drummer) |
30 |
10 |
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Sampson & Amberjack |
30 |
in combination 5 total |
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Snapper |
30 |
10 |
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Surgeon : Sawtail |
30 |
5 |
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Tailor |
30 |
20 |
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Teraglin |
38 |
5 |
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Trout, (all) and Atlantic Salmon |
25 |
Generally 10 per day but different rules apply to some dams and rivers.
See Fisheries Guide for full details. |
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Trevally (all) |
30 |
in combination 20 total |
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Tuna : Albacore, Big-eye, Longtail, Southern Bluefin and Yellowfin
Tuna : Bonito
Tuna : (all others including Striped, Mackerel, Frigate etc) |
30
30
30 |
in combination 20 total - with maximum 10 Bonito - Albacore, Big-eye, Longtail, Southern Bluefin and Yellowfin - 2 over 90 cm & 5 under 90cm |
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Wahoo |
30 |
5 |
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Whiting, All |
27 |
in combination 20 total |
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Combined Bag Limit of all other Species not listed above or in NSW Fisheries List |
30 |
20 in total for Saltwater
10 in total for Freshwater |
* NOTE 1 - NSW Fisheries have Possession Limits in place for Freshwater –this is equal to twice the daily bag limit If you have been fishing more than one day. Competition Bag Limits are to be those as set out on the appropriate broadsheets.
* NOTE 2 – When NSW Fisheries Regulations change the following shall be implemented, then if the NSWFCA Bag Limit is more than that or the NSWFCA Legal Size is less than NSW Fisheries Regulations then that NSW Fisheries Regulation supersedes this Sheet.
NOTE 2 WHEN CHANGES OCCUR TO NSW DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIES FISHERIES REGULATIONS:
Upon gazettal by NSW Department of Primary Industries of changes to the Fisheries Regulations, such changes shall supersede any legal lengths and bag limits set by the NSWFCA with the exception of a specie(s) which the NSWFCA has set above the Fisheries Regulation legal length/bag limits in which case that NSWFCA legal length/bag limit will apply.
* NOTE 3 - INELIGIBLE SPECIES:
INELIGIBLE SPECIES:
Blue Devil, Blue Fish, Eastern (Paraplesiops bleekeri), Boxfish (all), Cale, Rock (Crinodus lophodon), Catfish, Estuary (Cnidoglanis macrocephalus), Cod, Eastern Freshwater (Maccullochella species), Cod, Trout (Maccullochella macquariensis), Eels (all), Frogfish, Eastern (Batrachomoeus dubius), Grayling (Prototroctes maraena), Groper, Queensland (Epinephelus lanceolatus), Kelpfish, Eastern (Chironemus marmoratus), Perch, Macquarie (Macquaria australasica), Rays (all), Rockcod, Black (Epinephelus daemelii), Rockcod, Estuary (Epinephelus suillus), Sharks (all), Spinefoot, Black (Siganus fuscescens), Sunfish (all), Toadfish (all), Wirrah, Eastern (Acanthistius ocellatus), Wrasse, Elegant (Anampses elegans).
