Grey Nurse Shark Public Consultation Commences

The Hon Katrina Hodgkinson MP Minister for Primary Industries Minister for Small Business

MEDIA RELEASE: Grey Nurse Shark Public Consultation Commences

31 May 2011

Minister for Primary Industries Katrina Hodgkinson today announced the commencement of public consultation on future management arrangements for the protection of grey nurse sharks in NSW, releasing a discussion paper.

Make your Submission here: http://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fisheries/species-protection/conservation/what-current/critically-endangered-species/grey-nurse-shark/gns-review

Don't Put Your Life on the Line

From: http://safefishing.com.au/

Don't Put Your Life on the Line from Recreational Fishing Alliance.

Black Cod is this the next Grey Nurse Shark?

Common name: Black Cod

Scientific name: Epinephelus daemelii

Size: Max. length 2m

Black Cod

Habitat: Adult black cod are usually found in caves, gutters and beneath bommies on rocky reefs. They are territorial and often occupy a particular cave for life. Small juveniles are often found in coastal rock pools, and larger juveniles around rocky shores in estuaries.

Diet: Black cod are opportunistic carnivores, eating mainly other fish and crustaceans.

Appearance: They can change from one colour pattern to another in just a few seconds. They are usually black in estuaries and banded around clear water reefs. Black cod are apparently slow growing. Smaller fish are mostly females, but they generally change sex to become males at around 100-110 cm in length.

Guys, Please report any Black Cod sightings to Mel Brown. This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Boating Accident concerning spearo Steve Wayne 3rd April 2011

From Spearoz:

There has been a mention in the Clareville Alliman thread about popular Mosman Whaler spearo Steve Wayne being hit by a vessel so I thought I would put out a brief run down, basically to further enforce to you all out there just how careful you must be in the water. People ask me about shark shields all the time, my reply these days is, "forget the shark shield spend the money on as big as float and flag as is practical, you have far more chance of being struck by a vessel as you do being hit by a shark. Especially along the East Coasts temperate waters.

Terrigal Alliman

Well Terrigal was a day for the Dolphins!!!

Our club took out the day with a score of 4007, and with Paul Rosso and Ian Puckeridge taking out 1st and 2nd place overall... Well done guys.
A special mention also to M Morris in 5th, Aaron Puckeridge in 7th, and Emanual Bova in 8th. That gives the SSD 5 spots in the top 10.

Other victories by the SSD include

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