Nahseb li kulhadd sema li ha jkun hawn parti sostanzjali ta Malta li sa tkun protetta ghas sajd. Sew issa x tahsbu li kieku ssir xi zona li fiha jitrabbew il hut u sajieda dilettanti jkunu jistghu jmorru jiehdu siegha pjacir hemm. U inkunu nistaw naqbdu erba hutiet zbieh.
Nifhem li din l idea tinvolvi hafna xoghol u flus, pero fil fehma li tkun xi bicca xoghol tajba 
			
			
			
				mhux ideja hazina kiku! pero suppost is-skop ta' marine reserve bhall dik li gejja bejn ras-raheb u rdum majjiesa hi biex il hut ikollhom post protteta biex ib-bid minghajr xkiel..u fejn ghamlu hekk barra min malta il hut regaw irpiljaw.Issa naraw x'jigri hawn...
			
			
			
				Pero jekk kif smajt jien li mill gebla tal melh, sa cirkewwa kollu sa jkun protett ghandek zona gmiela hemm. daqs kemm hwan fejn tistad hawn Malta!! Jien qed nibza li nispiccaw bhal kaccaturi fejn iz zmien li inkunu nistaw nistadu hu meta ma jkun hawn xejn. 
Jien nahseb li l awtoritajiet ma jafux li kulhadd ghandu bzonn il hobby tieghu ghax inkella tispicca leteralment tigennen. U dan qaluh esperti mhux jien
			
			
			
				Le sa issa ir-reserva gej minn ras ir-raheb cave sa rdum majjiesa u mhux ha tinkludi il blata tal melh...sa issa 
http://www.mepa.org.mt/index.htm?press/pressreleases_2005/latestnews_MPA.htm&1
QuoteJien nahseb li l awtoritajiet ma jafux li kulhadd ghandu bzonn il hobby tieghu ghax inkella tispicca leteralment tigennen. U dan qaluh esperti mhux jien
Jafu siehbi...jinteressahomx il bicca tax-xoghol nahseb jien  ::)
Jien nahseb ukoll billi ikun hemm reserve f'post fejn ir-rabbu u ib-bidu il hut ma tkunx idea hazina kiku, basta ikun reserve ghall 
kullhadd u mhux is-soltu storja e.g lili u lilek ikellmuna u certu "nies" jaghmlu li irridu  ::)
			
 
			
			
				Dik hi il problema habib....iz zghir dejjem jaqlahha...... jien iktar qed nara bhala VIP FISHING RESERVE din il bicca tax xoghol.....issa naraw iz zmien jtina parir
			
			
			
				Mhux hekk! naraw x'gej... ifhem jista ikun forsi ghandhom hsieb ihallu bicca ghall recreational fishing (catch & release) ukoll  :D fingers crossed!!  ;D 
			
			
			
				Ija issa aqbad accola ta 9kilos u itlaqa :P
			
			
			
				Quote from: LapsiBoy on April 29, 2009, 00:53:16 CET
Ija issa aqbad accola ta 9kilos u itlaqa :P
LOL  ;D heqq jekk tkun qieghed tistad f'post li trid taghmel catch & release titlaqa ikollok! 
			
 
			
			
				Ifhem lapsiboy personalment jien l istar li immur nistad sempliciment biex nistrih u niehu pjacir u mhux kemm niehu hut lejn id dar. Tifimnix hazin jekk intella acciola ta 9Kg ha nehodha pero minix sa inhabbel daqsekk rasi jekk ikolli nitlaqa anqas. L ahhar haga li hadt id dar kienu sicca u klamar biex spiccajt ma stajtx nikolhom  >:( ghax hrigthomn mill friza biex inadaffhom u insejthom barra u nitnu. Spiccajt ergajt wadabthom il bahar (lixka  ;) ;))
			
			
			
				Quote from: MartinB on April 28, 2009, 22:48:03 CET
 basta ikun reserve ghall kullhadd u mhux is-soltu storja e.g lili u lilek ikellmuna u certu "nies" jaghmlu li irridu  ::)
I am for MPA's but what I am afraid of is what MartinB stated above. :(
			
 
			
			
				Jien wisq nibza li bicca bhal din isservi ghal xi hadd bhala vantagg. Min jabbuza mhux ha jiddejjaq imur jitfa xbieki f'zoni bhal dawn. U b'daqshekk tkun frixtlu tapit.
Din sieheb tal-kacca. Il-kacca suppost twaqqfet minhabba close season. Pero ghad fadal individwi li lesti jabbuzaw u l-aktar li qed jaqbdu gamiem.
Issa f'dawn is-suppost riservi jista jigri l-istess. Kieku ghamlu close season ghas-sajd bhal ma kien hawn ghajdut kienet tkun haga tajba. Pero fl-ahhar mill-ahhar xorta jibqa jkun hawn nies li lesti jabbuzaw u tkun biss paxxejt nies bhal dawn apparti li waqqaft lil min vera jhobb il-passatemp tieghu!
			
			
			
				Kont qed nixtri u smajt li anke n-naha ta wied iz-zurrieq ser ikun prottet. Tassew dan?
Xi hadd jaf jghidli ukoll iz-zona protteta ta Filfla kemm hi kbira?
			
			
			
				Wied Iz Zurried hemm il bicca ta l-umel farrud protetta zgur
			
			
			
				Quote from: mellieha on April 30, 2009, 13:12:28 CET
Wied Iz Zurried hemm il bicca ta l-umel farrud protetta zgur
you can find more detial here....
http://maltafishingforum.com/talk/index.php?topic=733.0
			
 
			
			
				Is-sena l-ohra kont naha ta' Filfla u giet patrol boat fuqi. Saqsini u kollox sew u ma qalli xejn. Bilkemm ma hadux interess x'kont qbadt.  Grali l-istess daqs xahar u nofs wara u min kienu b'mod arroganti beda jghidli biex nitlaq dak il-hin ghax jirmunkani il gewwa. Qalli "Mela twelidt ilbierah ma tafx li hawn illegali tistad".  Kont daqs 200 metru l'isfel minn filfla. Kull ma kelli rix u qasba. Nithawwad. Qatt ma rrid nikser l-ebda ligi. Jien nistrieh nfittex mhux trouble! Kont nisma li parit u konz ma filfla ma tistax titfa'. 
			
			
			
				As far as I know, currently, terrestrial Filfla is protected, it's coastal area was protected too but the law has been uplifted and Filfla's coast is not protected any more. I stand to be corrected since when it comes to law there are many shades of grey.
			
			
			
				You can always call the MMA or AFM Operations Center and confirm:
Tel: (+356) 2291 4130 (MMA)
Telephone: +356 2249 4202/4206/4207 (AFM)
			
			
			
				or MEPA :)
			
			
			
				I highlighted those two organisations because technically MEPA have nothing to do with the sea.
			
			
			
				But MPA's are under MEPA :)
			
			
			
				ma nafx jien............
Buqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq.........
gerfixni ha nifhem...................
Isma dawn tal patrol boat ikunu biss impjegati bazwija, iili mhux jafu il-ligi, izda xi darba jkun mar xi kaporal :-\, u qalilhom li hemm ma tistax taghmel hekk, U sakemm ma jmurx xi hadd iehor jghidlilhom kontra, dawn ma jkunux jafu x'qed jigri!! Tghid mhux ser jiehdu interess huma u joqghodu jaqraw kull regulation li tohrog.
U isma Arti.......... hallik mil closed season ta'' Tivvintax.................
			
			
			
				sa fejn naf jien... l-ebda persuna jew daghjsa ma tista tersaq anqas min mil min filfla, i.e. nobody may enter within 1 mile radius of filfla...
			
			
			
				Quote from: robby017 on May 02, 2009, 01:00:48 CET
sa fejn naf jien... l-ebda persuna jew daghjsa ma tista tersaq anqas min mil min filfla, i.e. nobody may enter within 1 mile radius of filfla...
Yes it was 1nm radius off Filfa...as far as I know, that regulation has been uplifted.
			
 
			
			
				This is what the wikipidja says about Filfla.
Filfla
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Filfla 
?  Uninhabited Island  ? 
Filfla on the horizon. 
Location within Malta 
Coordinates: 35?47′15″N 14?24′37″E / 35.7875?N 14.41028?E / 35.7875; 14.41028 
Country  Malta 
Area 
 - Total 0.06 km2 (0 sq mi) 
Filfla is a small, barren, uninhabited islet 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) south of Malta, and is the most southerly point of the Maltese Archipelago. There is a small rocky islet next to Filfla, called Filfoletta.
The name is believed to come from filfel, the Arabic for a peppercorn.
Filfla has an area of just 6 hectares (15 acres) and is a crumbling flat-topped limestone plateau surrounded by 60 metre high cliffs. The only known permanent structure on it was a chapel built inside a cave in 1343, which was destroyed by an earthquake in 1856 that also sank part of the island. Until 1971 the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force used the island for target practice. It became a bird reserve in 1980. Three species of sea birds breed on the islet: the European Storm Petrel (c.5,000 pairs), Cory's Shearwater (c.200 pairs) and Yellow-legged Gull (c.130pairs). A type of wall lizard (Podarcis filfolensis ssp. filfolensis) and door snail (Lampedusa imitatrix gattoi) are endemic to Filfla. A large wild leek, growing up to 2 m high, also occurs.
The Filfla Natural Reserve Act, enacted in 1988, provided for further restrictions on access and use, including a prohibition on fishing within a nautical mile (1.9 km) around the island due to the possibility of encountering unexploded ordnance. Access to Filfla is only possible for educational or scientific purposes and visitors must get prior permission from the Ministry responsible for the environment.
On the Maltese coast opposite Filfla are the archeological sites of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra, the Hamrija Tower (one of 13 watchtowers that Martin de Redin built around the coast of Malta), and a memorial to Walter Norris Congreve, one of Malta's British governors-general, who was buried at sea in the channel between the island and Malta.
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filfla)
However since 1990 boat fishing within 1 nautical mile off filfla was once again permitted (Gov Notice No 173 of 1990)
 please also read this paragraph 4.4 site designation http://www.mepa.org.mt/environment/nature_protection/protected_areas/Natura2000_mapsanddoc/FilflaCard.pdf
maybe someone can give more light on what exactly means
			
			
			
				Thanks for the interest.
Kieku l-awtoritajiet jkunu jafu kemm hawn min b'mod genwin jirrispetta l-ambjent, waqt li ma jixtieqx jaghmel hsara u jobdi l-ligi u kemm knowledge ghandna zgur nirbhu l-green flag. Nemmen li hawn min jaghmel hsara, imma fdal forum tinduna kemm hawn min jirrispetta l-ambjent u jobdi l-ligi anke jekk xi drabi l-istess ligi mhix cara.
Prosit & grazzi mill-gdid.
			
			
			
				Prosit Takinu.
My same opinion.
			
			
			
				but why filfla is protected? in the past years filfla isn't protected !!!
			
			
			
				I read somewhere that fishing was probihited because of the risk of unexploded bombs, that are in the area. filfa itself is protected because of the many species of birds that inhibite the area. this is as far as i know.
			
			
			
				Dik hi r-raguni fish-noob. Jezisti dokumentarju intensiv sabih immens fuq Filfla.  Bil-malti. Tajjeb xi darba tarawh.  Hemm ghamlu hsara kbira l-Inglizi meta kienet tintuza target point waqt training militari! Iz-Zurrieq ghandu vittma Diver li halla hajtu waqt li kien qed jghodos fl-inhawi. Jidhirli ismu kien Reno. Kont ghadni tifel Qed nghid xi 25 sena ilu. Ghamlu hafna hsar ukoll sajjieda li kienu jistadu bil-bomba dak iz-zmien. Imma kien sajd popolari ma xi erba' sajjieda "kriminali".
			
			
			
				min fejn gibtu dad dukumentarju habib?? ax jogbuni affarijiet hekk
			
			
			
				Ganni, xandruh kemm il-darba fuq ix-xandir. Ma nafx jekk jezistix fuq video. L'iktar li tista taghmel jekk ma sibx xi hadd li kien irrecordjah, ikuntatja lil-xandir malta, u staqsi ghal-kopja.
			
			
			
				Produzzjoni ta' One TV. Iekk isaqsi ghandu mnejn isib kopja. Jekk jirnexxili nsiblek kopja navzak. Video kelli x'imkien.
			
			
			
				l bahar ta madwar kemuna huwa protett iwa jew le?
			
			
			
				 sa fejn naf jien mhux protetta kemmuna nemo .
			
			
			
				iva man protett! kem l-art kif ukoll il bahar huma zoni protetti kem al flora kif ukoll al fauna. jigifieri kacca u sajd mumiex permessi...kif ukoll l-uzu tal harpoon!
			
			
			
				Qaluli xi nies ohra wkoll li bahar huwa protett imma bil miktub ghadni ma sibtx
			
			
			
				sa fejn naf jien nista nkun zbaljat imma l ghawdxin jistadu hafna magemb kemmuna u jien gili stadt ukoll u hadd ma qalli xejn
			
			
			
				lilek bilfors hadd ma jejdlek xejn bigboy ax jibzu minnek loooool!
			
			
			
				iccekja sew kemmuna tghidx kemm ikalaw pariti l ghawdxin
			
			
			
				specjalment ghazel tal harira ghal kahli ;)
			
			
			
				mela ghalhekk l ahar li mort ma rajtx kahli, niftakar daqs 3 snin ilu fejn il hotel mizghud kahli, mort darba bid dghajsa bil forok u ma rajtx wahda
			
			
			
				@ Kris
kemmuna mhix protetta habib, ghal kemmuna ta qed nghidu mhux filfla  :D
kemmuna tista tistad kullumkien barra bejn il hbula li hemm tal blue lagoon.
			
			
			
				granitu xi darba nihdok post jien ghal kahli ma kemmuna ;) Hemm kahli ha**eja imma naqbdu erba ;)
			
			
			
				Le kemmuna mhux protetta gieli konna namlu competitions hemm.
			
			
			
				Kemmuna mhix protetta zgur.
I checked last summer with the authorities in telephone conversation.
			
			
			
				zball tijaj mela l-ahwa skuzawni...kont tkellimt ma xi hadd xi zmin ielu u qalli hazien mela...
jekk ikollok il bigboy mijak l-anqas l-armata ma twaqqfek ax jamlu tahtom bil biza hahaj
			
			
			
				noghqod fuqkhom mela thankyou guys
			
			
			
				Mela kemm hu ikrah dan il-bigboy kris?!?  :D