Excessive cockle fishing at Lake Illawarra angers residents

By Ashleigh Tullis
Updated January 3 2019 - 7:40am, first published January 2 2019 - 5:34pm
Excessive: The Mercury visited Lake Illawarra South on Tuesday and found two groups of fishers all with more than 50 cockles. Pictures: Robert Peet

Illawarra residents fear their lake will be decimated if visiting fishers continue to take more than their fair share of cockles.

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