Illegal crabbing - undersize crabs in the Swan river
Submitted by perth fisher on Tue, 2020-06-23 09:45
In case you go for walks around parts of the river at night, there are a lot of people targeting undersize crabs at present . Many are wading in the river with torches at night in the shallows , some are at the jetties. I've contacted fisheries a couple of times, plus taken photos of them, and their cars. I've warned some after taking pics , so they put them back..
I think crabs are breeding now , so moving around ....bloody annoying people going for so many tiny crabs
rob90
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Nothing new unfortunately.
Nothing new unfortunately. Its good to see your notifying fisheries and taking pics.
Hi my name is rob............. and I'm a........... fishaholic
the_lane
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Given the bag limit of 5, I
Given the bag limit of 5, I am surprised people are going to so much effort!
Was at Point Walter jetty a couple of weeks back for a fish. I couldn't get a spot and had to leave because 2 people had crab nets surrounding the entire jetty. I counted 28 nets. Ropes everywhere and no chance of anyone being able to get any fishing in without hookup the ropes.
Jackfrost80
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5 Swannies are still worth
5 Swannies are still worth about 12 of their Peel cousins
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
davewillo
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Saw them in Seafresh Innaloo
Saw them in Seafresh Innaloo at $40/kilo with Mandurah ones at $20/kilo. Pretty much the same value as you Frosty!
PGFC member and lure tragic
meglodon
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Sadly I have to agree with you
This year has been very bad for me as far as crabs go, it's been a bit of a push to get some decent size crabs, I'm not talking about just size I'm talking about good size crabs with plenty of meat in them.
perth fisher
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The_lane I don't think they
The_lane I don't think they are sticking to the limit of five , especially since the crabs are so small
has fisheries publicized any recent prosecutions ?