I am interested in this discussion about duck shooting on the WTP foreshore.
At least 15 years ago when Ray Marginson was Chair of the Water Board we had
a discussion about people shooting ducks just below high water mark. (The
ducks in question were actually standing on the beach on the wet sand left
by the receding tide - hardly sporting!) He was horrified. Some time later
he told me that the legal situation had changed and that it was now illegal
to shoot there - I think the change was to low water mark but it may have
been further out. This applied to the WTP only and not to other parts of
Port Phillip Bay.
I understand that shooting is legal up to high water mark where it has not
been made illegal; I believe that for a populated area like PP Bay it should
be illegal unless an area has been specifically designated a hunting zone.
Well actually I believe it should be illegal everywhere but if there is
going to be legal shooting, it certainly should not take place where there
are people, boats, pets etc or where the shore and the land behind it is a
protected conservation area.
Margaret Cameron
2 Cintra Street
Eastern Heights
Queensland 4305
Australia
07 3282 9151
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