Tag Archives: Stuart Richey
It could have been worse. Commercial fishing boat metres from crash impact
A commercial fisherman says his family’s vessel, the Dell Richey II, was fortunate not to get caught up in the crash involving cement carrier Goliath and two tugboats at the Devonport wharf. Mr Richey said his son John the skipper of the Dell Richey II, was on board when it happened, along with some of the crew members. “When he saw what was happening, he started the engine. The crew on board got the lines off. They managed to get the boat away from the wharf before getting tangled up in the wreckage,” he said. Mr Richey said it could have been even worse if it happened 24-hours earlier. >click to read< 08:54
Commercial fishermen call for a fishing boat wharf accessible to the community
Commercial fishing operators say they’re “getting pushed out” of Devonport with nowhere to dock their boats after the last available berth is taken away to make way for King Island supply ship John Duigan. That’s according to Coastal fishing industry icons Peter Rockliff and Stuart Richey, who say TasPorts sent an email to Mr Richey two days ago informing of the loss of the only berth in Devonport they can use. “We berth our fishing boats where there’s a gap, and soon we won’t have anywhere,” Mr Rockliff said. >click to read< 08:40
‘Lazy’ NSW fishing reforms breach ‘hierarchy of wealth’ test, fishing consultant says
Daryl Sykes now manages the NZ Rock Lobster Industry Council, but has been involved with reforms in Queensland, Victoria and in Commonwealth waters as a member of the Australian Fish Management Authority. He said the reform model in NSW “didn’t look at the individual fishing businesses” and had ignored the “hierarchy of wealth” principles underpinning other reforms. He also said it was not based on science, was lazy in its approach, and had ignored widespread concern in the industry about the devastating impact it had on family fishing businesses. click here to read the story 19:03
