Mussels
Submitted by Livewire on Thu, 2022-03-17 17:46
Had a chat with some guys sent to the freo harbour to test the black mussels growing under the wharf today. Now I've seen some media releases on the toxins in the river but never had a opportunitie to ask some questions myself. So away I went.. what are they like ? Answer. I wouldn't eat them! Is there anywhere in the river that you would eat them? NO! What about black wall reach? No probably the worst spot as the toxins settle in the deep water. All up they said buy them from sealanes . This Includes around the heavy industry in the sound! Not good. Didn't ask about the crabs just didn't want to hear the answer. Bugger. Some of the biggest and best seafood we get was from the swan but the hazards of big businesses.
Faulkner Family
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That's not good at all. Used
That's not good at all. Used to get t he mussels from the lower areas of the river many years back . Always a good feed as well as the prawns from near the raffles
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Tom M
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Last public warning on line
Last public warning on line was 2020 and pretty well warns against anything caught in the Swan. Yet you can swim. Great promotion for tourism.... needs to be addressed.
Tom M
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Went for a crab in the
Went for a crab in the grenouth river couple of weeks ago got a feed of crabs 4 in total noticed the same signs as probably 5 years earlier dont swim fish eat anything out of there put up by the Irwin shire have heard from the nomads traveling around this is a thing done by a lot of shires bit sad if this is the case permanent signage for short term problems rec fish were talking the crabs up just a few weeks before i went therr.