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Man fined for deliberately sinking boat in SA's Gulf St Vincent to create reef to attract fish

By Eugene Boisvert

Topic: Illegal Fishing

The boat was sunk in about 30 metres of water in Gulf St Vincent. ( Supplied: Environment Protection Authority SA )

An Adelaide man has agreed to pay a large fine for illegally dumping a boat in Gulf St Vincent in what the South Australian Environment Protection Authority (EPA) and commercial fishers say is an example of a growing problem of people creating artificial reefs to improve fishing opportunities.

Key points:

• A former commercial fisher sunk a boat off Adelaide's coast
• The practice creates environmental problems
• Prawn fishers say it is also a health and safety danger   

Former commercial fisher David Alex Blackley was fined $8,400 and will pay $7,500 for a commercial salvage operator to retrieve the boat, which he admitted dumping 15 kilometres off O'Sullivan Beach, in Adelaide's south, in 2018.

The EPA said CCTV showed Blackley using another boat to tow the vessel from the O'Sullivan Beach boat ramp on November 18, 2018.

EPA officers found the boat used for towing at a Largs North address.

They also found a GPS location on a device at the house which led them to the sunken 8-metre boat under 30 metres of water.

EPA investigations manager Stephen Barry said the agency believed the boat was sunk to attract fish — a practice that became illegal in 2016. 

"We have heard of scrap metal, whitegoods, shopping trolleys and vessels being towed out and dumped in waters around the state," he said.

"Sunken items can contain pollutants such as oils, greases and chemicals, and pose a risk to navigation and a hazard to commercial fishing equipment.

"This also undermines authorised actions by government to create artificial reefs for habitat restoration and public recreation."

The two boats used in the operation were caught on CCTV at the O'Sullivan Beach boat ramp. ( ABC Radio Adelaide )

Saint Vincent Gulf Prawn Boat Owner's Association executive officer Neil MacDonald said "private fish aggregating devices" (FADs) were bad for the environment as well as for commercial fishing safety.

"The prawn industry has grave concerns at the growing proliferation of illegal reefs or FADs and the risks they pose to the safety of prawn boats and their crew," he said.

"We operate in a high-risk environment at sea fishing at night.

"Regardless of the skill of our skippers and crew there are real risks to the lives of crew members and the safety of fishing equipment and boats."

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