Snake ID

Hi Greg, dam good thing I have a good side step then. I ended up in the arms of my mates wife who was jogging with us.

I guess it depends on how you value something.
Is the loss of a lure worth more than the loss of a species? This particular species of sea snakeis listed as threatened under the EPBC act. http://www.environment.gov.au/coasts/species/marine-species-list.html

Ha Fatso
I hope the bloke that had a go at me for feeding crows isnt reading this post tonight. You could get an eye full.

G'day Daryl.
The poor bugger had no chance of survival anyway if I had cut him off. He had 2 sets of triples firmly stuck in him & a 12" halco lure on the end of them.
I'm not realy any more an environmental terrorist trying to wipe another species out than any other adventurous Australian.
I did have a quick browse through that list you put up & did recognise a few species that I personally wonder are that threatened. Some of them are exceptionally common in the North.
Pee Wee, Bush Stone Curlew, Pelican, Rainbow Bee Eater, Spangled Drongo (this is not a type of politician) & even the good old Chip Gull (silver gull) are on the list, but are birds everyone lives with.
Oh I suppose, every body has to make a living doing something.

Next time I go trolling I will try & make sure that my lures only catch Mackerel.

Hi Fatso.
Fair comment. Good effort by the snake to have a go at a 12" lure. Roughly how long was it?
There are some interesting things on the EPBC lists and I sometime wonder how they get put on. In most cases though it is because locally (or regionally)threatened. For example the Bush stone Curlew is common up north but is now almost totaly gone from southern regions of NSW where it was once common.
Enjoy the fishing
Cheers
Daryl

Hi

The Australian Government uses the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999 (EPBC Act) to protect and manage threatened, migratory and marine species.

Migratory and Marine species are not necessarily threatened (some are, most aren’t) and in fact many are very common.

Migratory species are covered by the EPBC Act as they are listed in international agreements to which Australia is a signatory. The Government therefore has an obligation to ensure no actions occur that would have a significant impact on important populations of migratory species (as do other countries by their own laws).

Similar with marine species - "Under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, Australia has rights and responsibilities over 16 million square kilometres of ocean.." Therefore the Government has an obligation to ensure no significant impact on marine species or ecosystems.

So in both cases just because they are listed under the EPBC Act doesnt mean they are rare or threatened and its more about important populations of migratory or marine species not so much individuals of each species (as most are common anyway).

Anyway – all native Australian fauna is protected by default unless designated vermin/feral or if “exempt” from protection by some other state or federal Act (e.g. I assume fish caught by anglers are exempt somehow or other).

Cheers
Greg

Yeah pretty gutsy effort for that snake to have a go at my Halco.
From memory it was only about 4'6" long & wasn't much fatter than my lure.

Thanks for the explanation on the EPBC Act as well Greg.
Fatso

Hi Bucky,
I know one polly it isn't, Julia wouldn't qualify as the snake was quite slender. Cheers Mick