Straight from the fisheries files
Submitted by sea-kem on Tue, 2020-10-20 20:49
DPIRD’s Operation Krakatau has delivered a strong result in court, helping crack down on illegal trading of fish in the State’s South West.
A 37-year-old man from Margaret River has been handed close to $120,000 in fines, penalties and court costs after pleading guilty to seven charges related to the trafficking of abalone and western rock lobster.
Five charges were for serious breaches of the West Coast Rock Lobster and Abalone management plans, dealing with 135 lobster and 146 roe’s abalone. Two additional charges of fish trafficking were reserved for the most serious offences involving trafficking of 224 green lip abalone.
The offender is also prohibited from fishing or being in possession of any abalone or western rock lobster for the next five years.
Our compliance team investigated the case for over 18 months in 2017-18, undertaking surveillance and gathering evidence to bring about this successful prosecution of black market operations.
The case serves as a reminder that severe penalties will be imposed for those who breach fisheries rules and put our aquatic resources and our fisheries at risk.
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Faulkner Family
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They got him good . But how
They got him good . But how many others out there are doing the same thing.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
meglodon
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That would take the smile of your face pretty quick
Well done fisheries, great job troops.
SeperateKnob
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Should have been more. The
Should have been more. The guy probably has that under his mattress from all the previous years getting away with it
NORUN NOFUN
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good work, now smash the
good work, now smash the assholes who willingly bought the abs and crays.
Swompa
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Bingo!
Bingo!
Swompa
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Agree
Agreed so much I double tapped.
little johnny
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I still
Don’t see big thing about abs. Razor mussels heaps better on chew . Different tastes I gather.
jighead
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.
Same as crays. Well over rated.
SeperateKnob
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I agree. Much prefer prawns
I agree. Much prefer prawns over crays
uncle
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Crabs
maybe
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
little johnny
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Yabbies ( not marron) brilliant
Prawns , yum best of all .crayfish good for first few feeds .pork/ steaks/ chops best of all. Then you have the ultimate. Veggies ( not) .
Markie
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On the money with yabbies.
On the money with yabbies.
sea-kem
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But the fresh claw and juice
But the fresh claw and juice froma big male blue swimmer is the ultimate for me
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uncle
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Yep
andy
all aggressive fish love bigjohnsjigs
eziliving
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i used to be the same, but
i used to be the same, but when you pull out that rear swimmer flipper with all the meat out of the body of a frsshly cooked crab that is jyst as good imo. The claw is sweetef but the volume in one hit is just as good.
Get busy living, or get busy dying!
sea-kem
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Stop it!!!
Stop it!!!
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Pescatore70
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Jezus....did we just agree
Jezus....did we just agree on something ?!
Billcollector
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Muddies
Muddies
Skull
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Did somebody
Did somebody say KFC
In all seriousness a good result by fisheries, however is there any guarantee this bloke will even pay the fine?
Skull
little johnny
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If not cops/ marshal
Will be onto it . Doesn’t have to pay , jail time
Pescatore70
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Fresh OystersBig Swan River
Fresh Oysters
Big Swan River Blues
Fresh Prawns (any variety)
Fresh Squid/Octopus
in that order....
bod
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no gaol time for unpaid fines
sea-kem
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They need to hand this over
They need to hand this over to the CCC, start confiscating houses, cars, super funds etc.
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meglodon
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I was under the impression
That house, land, cars boats super funds etc could be confiscated under the profits from crime act.
timboon
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A fine is a fine, profit
A fine is a fine, profit from illegal activities is different...
You can hardly profit from not wearing your seatbelt...
I'll ask around, this is the first i've heard of this, not many greens north of Ham, I assume most of the offending was down further south...