Squid jig
Squid jigging can be carried out using either mechanically powered or hand operated jigs. Overhead lights illuminate the water and attract the squid which gather in the shaded area under the boat. Squid are caught using barbless lures on fishing lines which are jigged up and down in the water. Using barbless lures means that as the lures are recovered over the end rollers, the squid fall off into the boat.
Hot Topics
- Zone D gillnet closure to further protect Australian Sea Lions
- Continuation of Measures to Protect Dolphins in the Gillnet Sector of the SESSF
- Levies still due while disallowance motion considered
- Re-assessment of export approval for the Western Trawl Fisheries
- Comment invited on draft Torres Strait Finfish Fishery Strategic Assessment
- Submissions received on the draft Northern Prawn Fishery Management Plan 2012
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- Keep your VMS switched on
- Rebuilding plan for Southern Bluefin Tuna
- Seabird management plans
- Changes in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery to Protect Dolphins
- Expect to be inspected
- AFMA and Anindilyakwa Sea Rangers
- Domestic Compliance and Enforcement Program
- Draft Shark Plan 2
- Changes in the Gillnet, Hook and Trap Sector of the Southern and Eastern Scalefish and Shark Fishery
- Longlining TAC set for Macquarie Island Toothfish Fishery
