Sydney Fish Market's roof powers the site

[old man emu]

Sydney's new Fish Market site has just opened and as well as solving many problems associated with the supply of sea food, the building itself demonstrates that when included in the planning stage of buildings, solar panels can provide the electricity and at the same time contribute to the aesthetics of the building.

 

 

 

[red750]

It was packed out before midday with long queues waiting to get in.

[facthunter]

The Heat has already buckled the Roof..  Nev

[onetrack]

Now, all we have to do is preserve what little fish we have left, from the predations of the other nations fishing fleets. In W.A., a total ban on demersal fishing has just been imposed, because fish stocks are now lower than they have been since records started being kept. The problem is, many of our finest eating fish take many years to reach maturity, and the prized metre-long jewfish can be up to 80 yrs old.

 

The State Govts decision has effectively bankrupted a large number of W.A. commercial fisherman, and the anger is palpable. There is a Govt buyback of fishing licences, but the amounts offered are minimal, and the Govt deal doesn't offer any other income alternatives for those fishing people. The decision was taken with no consultation with the fishermen, a move that really rankles.

 

Edited yesterday at 02:26 AM by onetrack

[facthunter]

Reserves allow some recovery.  Nev

[Litespeed]

I assume you mean Dhu fish , not Jew fish which is actually Mulloway.  Molloway just means big fish.

 

Mulloway are also a  east coast fish and very fast growing. I catch them all the time and they are generally 3-5 years old as a big fish and reach legal fishing size of 70cm and capable of breeding, by 5-6 years they are 90cm or more. They can get to over 1.4 metres and live to 30 years.

depending on the area they can grow very fast- here in Port Stephens we are renowned for them and its a major breeding area. The Port is a extremely healthy system , with limited commercial fishing and many areas that are sanctuary breeding zones, we are a giant national park and Ramsar bird sanctuary. We have a hatchery here as well to increase numbers back to sustainable volume following years of over fishing. The size minimum went from 50 to 70 cm, the flesh is sweetest in the 70-90 cm range and below 50 cm are called soapies and have a slight soapy smell and taste.  Most of us will return any bigger to the water for breeding, we tend to "encourage" catch and release unless you absolutely want to eat it and treat the fish with respect at all times.

 

 

I think the WA govt handled this really poorly but the closure of the fishery or at least restrictions are vital or the system will quickly collapse.

 

[Litespeed]

Here one I caught, it's 71cm and was succulent and sustainable if the rules are followed.

 

[facthunter]

You can catch them from a Beach all along the Coast south of Pt. Stephens. I've never tried eating one. Bream and Snapper are a good fish to eat. Garfish and Long Toms are the best flavour . IMHO. Nev

[Litespeed]

Bream are just seachickens, everywhere but not that tasty and a lot of bones. 

Bream are extremely slow growing a plate size can be 20 years old.

 

The Snapper are awesome tasting, Gar etc lovely.

The Jew is extremely tasty if bleed and gutted on the spot, many don't and this effects the flavour and shelf life.

[facthunter]

The Large Bones are easy to separate and the flesh is very white. Maybe Lake Bream are better. What they eat decides the taste. Nev

[onetrack]

O.K., so it's Dhufish I'm talking about, although so many people still call them Jewfish here on the Left coast. 

 

The problem I see is that, in commercial fishing, along with the firearm laws, the innocent people are paying the price for the few who have caused trouble.

 

The W.A. Govt has set the fishing limits for commercial fishermen for decades - now they've just whipped the rug out from under them with a total ban - and no consultation.

In addition, the State Govt does nothing to allow shark fishing (in fact, it's totally banned), and sharks are proliferating to the detriment of commercial fishing.

 

To top it all off, overseas-based fishing fleets are allowed to plunder our waters, with bugger all chance of being caught. This is not just a W.A. problem, it's a world-wide problem.

The commercial fishermen have only just managed to get the Govt to agree to a meeting between themselves and the Govt - but the Govt decision-making has already been carried out.

This is not how democracy is supposed to work, IMO.

 

[red750]

I thought the subject of this thread was the solar powering of the new market, not where to fish or what to catch.