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Fraser Hocks, Deputy Chairman 2009/2010

Fraser works as on engineering manager on civil engineering projects including design works for boat ramps.

Fraser "lives to fish"! He has been a keen fisher since the age of 5 and is passionate about all forms of recreational fishing with special focus on light tackle game fishing and flyfishing. He currently owns two boats, one for light tackle game and one for bream and flyfishing.

He is an active member of Marmion Angling and Aquatic Club (MAAC) and Western Australian Trout and Freshwater Fishing Association (WATFFA) and has fished in New Zealand, UK, Tasmania and throughout Western Australia, including at Gamex in Exmouth. He has also been an active recreational diver for over 14 years and is currently working towards his dive master certification.

Fraser was involved in the Samson Science project throughout its life and was the organiser of the ASI groyne cleanup and is preparing another clean up at Fremantle ports.

Fraser believes that a good fisher is one that cares about the environment and works to protect it, therefore ensuring stocks of fish to catch. His time in the UK has given him insights into fishery management practices that have been proven after many years of refinement, post a fishery that nearly collapsed. Fraser wishes to ensure that we do not go the way of the UK where a 'pay to fish' stocked lake is the norm and catching a wild fish is a rarity.

Fraser hopes that if elected, he will use his time on the Board to promote the ideology of 'put it back so there will be future fish stocks' instead of the current common credo of 'take it now before its all gone'.

Fraser was elected to the Recfishwest Board for a 1 year term as backfill for the Chairman position following voting at the Annual General Meeting in October 2009, and following election of the Chairman at the November Board Meeting.

Fraser was elected Deputy Chairman of Recfishwest at the November 2009 Board meeting.



This page last updated on 13 November 2009.