selling undersized bream in the fish market - to stop or not

[Fish-cador]

why would you buy undersize fish,you are only supporting the fishmongers that sell them.no brainer really.

:doh1: :doh1: :doh1: :doh1: and your point is?

[raco09]

Some people like smaller fish. :dontknow :lol:

[Berto Pescatore]

I don’t mind buying a smaller size (than what allowed for recreational fishing) from the market if this fish is imported from somewhere else but not our waters.
Certainly, when it comes to commercial fishing and selling, there will be different regulations, and boosting the market and helping the economy will take more priority than meeting some local regulations.
While I‘m saying this, I‘m not sure why the legal size in QLD is smaller than here, and I wish to find more in this.

[Martyjohnson]

because black bream may, be the same species per say, but different populations have different factors for example colder water bream will gorw slower, there may be less food in some waters which means bream will gorw to a smaller size, the size of rivers often has an effect on the size of bream, smaller rivers usually grow smaller bream. this is the same for all fish species, QLD will have done their research and decided that the size of there bream are naturally smaller, doesnt mean its not sustianable.
there is heaps of research out there which supports why some species grow larger then others from the same species, all you have to do is look at barramundi in the NT and the different size limits in each estuary. In my opinion most estuaries should have the same kinda research put into them, except this is costly and to many recos would be confused.

cheers marty