<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>South Australia's recreational fishing community is in uproar after the state government imposed new catch limits.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The restrictions, which will come into effect on November 1, apply to both the Spencer Gulf and Gulf St Vincent and come just as retail stores say trade has been improving. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Uncertainty surrounding the state's devastating algal bloom has amplified anxieties, raising fears that the restrictions may extend beyond their current June 30 expiration date.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/environment-protection-laws-murray-watt-federal-government-opposition-greens/03afcfe2-4f70-4812-b9dd-6ff5e9efae37"><strong><span>Stoush over new laws could jeopardise crucial $13 billion deal: minister</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Everyone feels blindsided, there needs to be a larger consultation period," RecFish SA chair Andrew Harris said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Bag cuts are now in place for recreational fishing in the two gulfs, but restrictions only apply to commercial fishers in Gulf St Vincent.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"If the science identifies that there is a need to have such reductions in both GSV and Spencer Gulf, then that needs to be appropriately disseminated across both industries," Harris said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/fishing-catch-limits-south-australia-reaction/0be7d3ff-8416-4484-b153-f9efdff763af" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We're being asked to trust, trust, trust, but at the end of the day, it's always been take, take, take." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The restrictions have also drawn criticism from businesses reliant on recreational fishing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Codey Marchesi from Spot On Fishing &amp; Tackle in Port Lincoln described the situation as "another really big kick in the teeth for small business in South Australia." </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/trump-says-hes-ending-trade-talks-with-canada-over-tv-ads/5619d287-0cc8-44b2-b473-84299bf8326a"><strong><span>An ad just made Trump so mad he cancelled trade talks with an entire country</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've already had dozens of customers in today saying they're not gonna bother going to the group to go fishing to catch five whiting," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Tourism Minister Zoe Bettison defended the government's decision.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've had to make some tough decisions, and we've made those decisions with the future in mind," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>But not everyone has criticised the move, with some anglers still getting out on the water this morning.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The fish stocks out here are pretty much heavily affected, and I think it was a no-brainer  – they had to do it," fisherman Rob Christiansen said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>This article was produced with the assistance of</span></em><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/technology/9express/16480c33-636a-461f-9c4f-d0e2522c722a"><em><span>9ExPress</span></em></a><em><span>.</span></em></div></div>