Crab and Pippi Catchers = $23,000 Fines

[Gad]

Well done again,QBFP

Bundaberg crab fisher fined $13,300

A BUNDABERG fisher has been fined $13,300 for a number of crabbing offences including too many pots.

Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol (QBFP) district manager Greg Bowness said the fine handed down by the Bundaberg Magistrates Court last week was for possessing female and undersized mud crabs and using excess crab pots.
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Greedy pipi catchers cop $10,000 fine in Noosa court

Three people were fined over two incidents at Teewah Beach, north of Noosa.

Queensland Boating and Fisheries Patrol district manager Brett Depper said a recent patrol found a family of seven who had collected 865 pipis.
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For information on Queensland fishing rules, go to fisheries.qld.gov.au, phone 132523 or download the Qld Fishing app.

[Damien2Rad]

865 pippis!!