Question regarding the number of infringements and charges issued for recreational illegal crabbing in the Peel Harvey Estuary since November 1, 2016, specifically focusing on undersized crabs, bag limits, boat limits, and offences occurring between 6 PM and 6 AM.

AnsweredQoN 1562Legislative Assembly
Asked
29 June 2017
Portfolio
Fisheries

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For the blue swimmer crab season since 1 November 2016 in the Peel Harvey Estuary: (a) how many infringements and charges were issued for recreational illegal crabbing for: (i) possession of undersize crabs; (ii) breaching the bag limit; and (iii) breaching the boat limit; and (b) how many were issued between the times of 1800hrs and 0600hrs?

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Answered
8 August 2017
Responded by
Minister for Fisheries
Response time
1 days
(a)(i) 22 charges; 175 infringements
(a)(ii) 0 charges; 6 infringements
(a)(iii) 0 charges; 0 infringements
(b) 16 charges; 76 infringements

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