SA Marron
Submitted by Lucky Tim on Fri, 2010-01-01 19:14
After seeing a few marron photos here it reminded me of some we caught in SA. It's funny there, marron are an introduced "pest" and there are no licenses, bag or size limits and it's illegal to release them, regardless of size. Here's some we caught one day a few years ago sitting on oven trays for size comparison.
benfpv
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some nice ones there
funny that, over here we have big fines and lots of rules and regs yet in sa its a pest mate i never knew that.
Matt T
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Tasty!
The sure look tasty. I'm pretty sure that we have a slightly different species. I think there are two main ones in WA - the hairy marron and the common one.
Do they taste the same? If so I wonder why they sell wa marron in the fishmarkets - surely it would be more profitable to get them from SA?
Lucky Tim
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I don't think it would be
I don't think it would be big enough to support a commercial fishery.
Also I'm not sure of the scientific name, they were always just marron to us, and they all taste beautiful.
till
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I doubt you can farm them if
I doubt you can farm them if they're declared and anything at the fish markets here will be farmed.
Matt T
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Yum
I would be stoked to be able to fish for marron all year round. They are so bloody good with some salt pepper and fresh bread.
Were they pretty common in SA?
Lucky Tim
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Only on Kangaroo Island as
Only on Kangaroo Island as far as I know.
joe amato
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well if they are a pest in south australia
well if they are a pest in south australia,why cant they send them back to western australia and help our local marron stock in our dams and rivers,thats something for all to think about ,if thats the case
deepwater
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so yummy
living in exxy we dont got the good stuff like at any more ,i so loved marron season down south ,great pic Lucky Tim
jeff