DPI Fisheries officers issued two men with multiple fines and required them to rehabilitate a 100m stretch of riverbank along the Nepean River in Castlereagh, west of Sydney, at an estimated cost of more than $18,000.
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The men were alleged to have carried out illegal works along the riverbank including excavating a boat ramp and reclaiming foreshore land using tyres, rocks, cut trees and sand.
Land owners should only conduct bank stabilisation work and install boat ramps under a permit issued by DPI Fisheries as these permits identify the best materials and building methods to be used to reduce impacts on fish stocks and key habitats.
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A reminder that DPI/Fisheries and the NSW Environmental Protection Agency have released precautionary dietary advice for five fish species caught in the Shoalhaven River after testing found elevated levels of per and poly fluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS.
Limit your intake of luderick, sea mullet, sand whiting, dusky flathead and silver biddy from the Shoalhaven.
More information at www.epa.nsw.gov.au.
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Wollongong FAD (23) is now deployed at 34.27.321 south and 151.04.308 east and Shellharbour FAD (24) has been placed at 34.33.720 south and 151.00.626 east.
Kiama FAD (25) is at 34.41.000 south and 150.59.500 east and Jervis Bay (26) is located at 34.57.750 east and 150.58.500 east.
Please monitor FAD positions and report any location variations to Fisheries at www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/fishing/recreational/resources/fish-aggregating-devices