2019-07-18 OM Agenda - Item 1 - Attachment 3 - Noosa Council Submission to State Fisheries Discussion Paper

resulting in the possession limit to be multiplied out many times, and leading to an outcome of
hundreds of pipi’s being taken.

The most effective way to combat this would be have no take off the beach, similar to what is in place
in New South Wales, where pipi’s may not be removed more than 50m from the high tide mark. This
would mean that any pipi’s collected on the beach will be used on the beach. It could also address
potential health concerns with regard to the consumption of pipi’s, as presumably shellfish taken off
the beach are not being used for bait, but human consumption.

A secondary option would be to adopt the same principle as another proposal. In Proposal 37 there is
a recreational boat limit of two times the individual in-possession limit for certain fishmspecies of
concern. This nicely negates the ability for large groups on one boat to undertake excessive harvest.
On Noosa North Shore, a recreational car limit of twice the individual in-possession limit could be
implemented, which would have a similar effect of restricting excessive take.