Fisheries Queensland Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Morning All, Started a new thread as I could not find the previous post in which the discussion of dead marine wood came up. Fisheries Queensland has put together a fact sheet to help clear up confusion when some of you are collecting wood for fish tanks. It can be found here: Dead Marine Wood Cheers, Dani Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclero p Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Are there any current Resource Allocation Authorities for the collection for sale of Marine Wood Dani ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cudders Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Dani, Do you know the regulations of owning a property backing onto mangroves in regards to collection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sclero p Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Dani, Do you know the regulations of owning a property backing onto mangroves in regards to collection? It is protected. Only answered as Dani is probably trying to find the answer to my enquiry among the mountain of other things she has to do Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheries Queensland Posted October 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Thanks Sclero p - yes, all marine plants are protected regardless of the tenure, but some activities are covered by self assessable codes. See Self-assessable codes for fisheries development for activity specific codes regarding marine plants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goneself Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 I dont understand why the public are not allowed to take wood from a beach, when the council collects it up and dumps it. That just hurts my brain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheries Queensland Posted October 31, 2013 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Are there any current Resource Allocation Authorities for the collection for sale of Marine Wood Dani ? There are 3 current RAA's for the collection of marine deadwood for trade or commerce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dna Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Is it illegal to take the dead coral that washes up on the beach or shells etc, or is it just mangrove wood? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
litigator666 Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 there's some nice mangrove on ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aquaholic99 Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 there's some nice mangrove on ebay. If you have bought wood, it's not illegal to re-sell it when you no longer want it. It's only illegal to take it unless authorised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozmo Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 there's some nice mangrove on ebay. Interesting to see the seller is the same person (username at least) who was threatening members of this forum recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donny@ageofaquariums Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 There are VERY few legal collectors, so likely is.......... or is someone risking a knock on the door from DPI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingerbeer Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 I have given this a clean and removed the price discussion - maybe start a seperate thread for that discussion, or if there is so much money in it go and get a liscense yourself and sell to stores. Thanks Dani for this information and answering members question about collection of driftwood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loko750 Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 Dani, Ok, so this article relates specifically to marine wood what about wood from non tidal creeks and such? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob3am Posted October 31, 2013 Report Share Posted October 31, 2013 good job gingerbeer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisheries Queensland Posted November 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 If the shells and dead coral are not regulated by size, number or form and are not specifically no take species (i.e. Helmet, trumpet and clam shells: regulated by species. All of these large and vulnerable shells are totally protected.) fisheries would not have any concerns over small scale collection of shells and dead coral from beaches for private use only (no sale) Collection is prohibited in a marine park, check with marine park rules and regulations. Similarly, collection of wood from non-tidal freshwater waterways is not in breach of any fisheries regulations. Please check with other agencies like GBRMPA, DNPRSR and DEHP for additional information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grubby Posted November 4, 2013 Report Share Posted November 4, 2013 So Danni, based on what I have done here in this thread, would this be counted as illegal in QLD ? http://www.qldaf.com/forums/off-topic-discussion-8/creative-uses-smal-driftwood-pieces-99026/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
