In 1993, the life of a rock fishing angler was saved at Moes Rock, south of Jervis Bay in NSW by a life ring installed by a bereaved father who had lost his son who was rock fishing at Moes Rock at an earlier date.
The NSW Government then formed a group to focus on Rock Fishing Safety and a year later Australian National Sportfishing Association NSW (ANSA NSW) was commissioned to manage The Angel Rings Project to install angel rings in known rock fishing spots. The pilot project of installing angel rings is also underway in Victoria and Tasmania.
Since 1994, over 100 angel rings have been installed in known rock fishing spotsin NSW with more than 30 lives have been saved. Indeed,in just a 10-day period between 25 September and 5 October 2010, angel rings were used in five confirmed rescues in NSW.
Many people think that if the fishing site has an angel ring installed, that implies this must be a safe spot for rock fishing. But remember the installation of angel rings actually started from the most dangerous fishing spots, so if an angel ring is being installed at the spot, it actually implies this is a high risk location, perhaps fatal accidents had happened at this location before and that's why an angel ring is there to reduce the number of casuaities.
So if a spot has angel ring installed, it does not necessarily mean it's a safe spot for rock fishing.
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Photo source from Recreational Fishing Alliance.
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