151 busts as Fisheries cracks down on Lake Illawarra cockles

Ben Langford
Updated February 11 2021 - 3:34pm, first published January 7 2021 - 8:00pm
ABOVE: The cockles recovered after the Belmore raid on January 4. Other pics from the Jan 5 raid. Pictures supplied: NSW DPI.
ABOVE: The cockles recovered after the Belmore raid on January 4. Other pics from the Jan 5 raid. Pictures supplied: NSW DPI.

Scores of illegal cockle poachers have been busted in Sydney and Wollongong with more than 6,000 of the shellfish, harvested from Lake Illawarra without licence and well in excess of bag limits.

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Ben Langford

Ben Langford

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