Government draws a hard line on drone use in South Africa

[BusinessTech]

Government draws a hard line on drone use in South Africa

Drones are great - just don't go fishing with them.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Government draws a hard line on drone use in South Africa

Drones are great - just don't go fishing with them.

Yeah... Let's go after guys fishing with drones cos they're decimating fish stocks...

Fscking useless government twats.

 

[RedViking]

Clowns.

 

[Vorastra]

Yeah... Let's go after guys fishing with drones cos they're decimating fish stocks...

Fscking useless government twats.

Have a read. Tell me what you think.

Do we need to ban drones used for recreational fishing? | One Ocean Hub

In recent years the use of drones for recreational fishing purposes has dramatically increased, raising ethical concerns amongst fellow anglers, potential privacy and safety concerns amongst the public, increased conflict between fisher groups, as well as having deleterious effects on the...

oneoceanhub.org

 

[Wut]

Fekkit, looks like it's back to kite fishing for me if I want to fish in really deep water.

 

[Solarion]

Government allows millions of liters of sewerage and industrial effluent to flow freely into the ocean but don't dare use drones for fishing.

 

[Supervan II]

Government allows millions of liters of sewerage and industrial effluent to flow freely into the ocean but don't dare use drones for fishing.

Of course they care. I'm sure the fish also resent people using drones to invade their privacy.

 

["D"]

Drones are great - just don't go fishing with them.

Saltwater or freshwater? Or both? (Article doesn't say ...)

 

[B-1]

Government allows millions of liters of sewerage and industrial effluent to flow freely into the ocean but don't dare use drones for fishing.

People have been using kites, surf skis, radio controlled boats for shore fishing for years. Not sure how this is much different.

Never mind fish finders from boats and jetskis etc.

 

[Pegasus]

 

["D"]

Government draws a hard line on drone use in South Africa

More accurate headline:

Government draws a hard line on fishy drone use in South Africa

 

[ToxicBunny]

Have a read. Tell me what you think.

Do we need to ban drones used for recreational fishing? | One Ocean Hub

In recent years the use of drones for recreational fishing purposes has dramatically increased, raising ethical concerns amongst fellow anglers, potential privacy and safety concerns amongst the public, increased conflict between fisher groups, as well as having deleterious effects on the...

oneoceanhub.org

So I do get the element that recreational fisherman aren't fishing for the catch so they will fish regardless of the level of fish they catch.

But there are better ways to implement controls that don't have such impacts. Fishing license equating to catching x kilograms of fish per day, or x numbers of fish of varying sizes or something would be infinitely better in my opinion because then you can actually use the system to control fishing "quotas" in the entire country and actually use it to manage fish stocks.