How Good Is Hervey Bay

23/10/2022

It's that time of the year again, and Platypus Bay is one of the only places in the World you can chase beautiful juvenile black marlin along crystal clears shallow flats ;-)

Hervey Bay is one of the only places in the world you can target juvenile black marlin in shallow protect waters often where you can see the bottom along the...

12/10/2022

Submissions CLOSE for the Review of the Great Sandy Marine Park on Sunday, the 23rd of October 2022, at midnight ...

The Queensland Government is undertaking a review of the zoning plan for the Great Sandy Marine Park and is proposing changes. The zoning plan outlines the rules to manage the multiple uses of the park and defines different zones that provide for different levels of

24/09/2022

MEDIA RELEASE from the Fraser Coast Fishing Alliance Inc. In response to today's release of the DRAFT re-zoning plan for the Great Sandy Marine Park.

The Fraser Coast Fishing Alliance welcomes today's announcement and release of the DRAFT re-zoning plan for the Great Sandy Marine Park.

You can view the full details here –

• https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/coasts-waterways/marine-parks/zoning/gsmp?fbclid=IwAR0NoBhZI2Xqv7a-NaJOAB6Ysdr17c2caozbMmToM0t86FsbaM54ZHJFZlg

The proposed changes are described in a Consultation Regulatory Impact Statement, now available for consultation until midnight 23 October 2022.

• You can review the proposed changes here -

https://www.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0025/298231/gsmp-zoning-plan-review-summary.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2xvCFkZhEO733oehWrAG9JvF4MNSugxvxFFDCzdpeDvcrEaL27rmJcL8w

NOTE - ALL of the Red Cross-Hatched - Designated Great Sandy Area has been removed without exception. This decision is a huge win for recreational anglers, fish stocks and the marine environment.

Green zones have increased from 3.9% to 12.8 %, - which maintains the Great Sandy Marine Park as one of the lowest green zone percentages among other marine parks in the country. If you are not happy with some of these proposed areas, we encourage you to make a submission via the online survey below and explain your position and the changes you would like to see made.

We also note that tunnel nets, pocket nets, and bait nets can still be used in the Yellow Conservation Zones. We do not support this and ask everyone to request that these are ALL removed from being able to be used in Yellow Conservation Zones.

The FCFA will also be calling to have the proposed Dark Blue "Habitat Protection" zone that has been included from Ngkala Rocks on the Eastern Beach of K'Gari to Moon Point on the Western Side of Platypus Bay - REPLACED with a Yellow Conservation Zone - this would then be in keeping with the same zoning that runs up the entire Eastern side of K'Gari.

If there are any other areas that you feel strongly about and would like to see some changes made to this DRAFT plan, we encourage you to make a submission via this survey: -

• https://intheloop.des.qld.gov.au/great-sandy-marine-park-zoning-plan?fbclid=IwAR0I-dGLSGqh9q4DwIxnKVaIvP3RnXfz_uXQqaX2dgCZcnr_jDNNSo0A2I4

We also encourage you to thank and congratulate all the decision-makers who have worked towards this outcome.

* The Premier - [email protected]

* The Minister for Environment - Meaghan Scanlon - [email protected]

* Minister for Agriculture and Fisheries - Mark Furner - [email protected]

* local member for Maryborough - Bruce Saunders - [email protected]

* local member for Hervey Bay - Adrian Tantari - [email protected]

Please share this information with all your friends and family members, as we NEED as many people as possible to make comments on the online survey.

Thanks
Scott Mitchell
Chairman FCFA .

The Queensland Government is undertaking a review of the zoning plan for the Great Sandy Marine Park and is proposing changes. The zoning plan outlines the rules to manage the multiple uses of the park and defines different zones that provide for different levels of

28/07/2021

We set this page up as a tribute to the saying we started prior to moving to the Fraser Coast in 2006 "How Good Is Hervey Bay" - and to sell the sizzle ;-)

Feel free to share any pics or comments on what makes "Hervey Bay" special for you ;-)