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Episode 153: Danny Simpson

This week we are joined by Danny Simpson, a self employed consultant working widely across the Recreational Fishing Sector both here in SA and across Australia. Danny talks about his own fishing and some of the work he has done over recent years, having worked extensively throughout the sector, including Murray Cod management, implementing recreational fishing in our reservoirs and he currently represents the Rec fishing community on the Marine Scale Fishery Management Advisory Committee. Danny has also just joined the RecFish SA board having also been involved in the past and he also talks about the fun times he has had working part time at SportFishing Scene in recent years.

We have all the latest news in rec fishing across SA, including:

• RecFish SA pushing for more tagging of Mulloway. 
• Details around Round 2 of the Lets Go Fishing Competition, as well as another monthly prize winner and details around the next Fishing Forum.
• The government has bought Mundoo Island in an effort to boost the environment.
• Pushing for funding to keep the Cape Jaffa Marina open.
• A fishing comp to be run at Tunarama in Port Lincoln. 
• An update on the Algal Bloom including allegations of Government withholding information until after the election.
• A 4.73 Million Dollar Tuna sold in Japan.

In our first episode of 2026 we also recap our own family fishing over Christmas, set some New Years Fishing Resolutions and also have a bumper summer fishing report including Tuna, King George Whiting, plenty of Sharks, big Blue Swimmer Crabs and Crayfish.