plankton 725 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Hey guys, I was walking along one of the metro beaches today at low tide and noticed a fair amount of small sand crabs washed up on the shore dead, some the birds had found already but many they had not. It got me wondering, what are the legalities of picking them up and using as bait/berley right there off the beach. I would imagine, technicaly, being in "possesion" of undersized crabs I would be breaking the law, but they're already dead and just lying there. Is there an allowance in the fisheries regs for this sort of thing? Any input would be appreciated. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alanj 0 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I think that you would find that, if they wished to bust you, you would be busted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Ciaravolo 34 Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 Buddy you got it; its illegal to posses undersized sand crabs, so ya cant use em for bait. In a perfect world it should be ok, but there a too many dodgy people around so our laws have to be tough... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
plankton 725 Posted February 6, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 That's what I figured, be too easy for people to claim they just "found" the 50 undersized crabs in their bucket. I guess I can always just chuck em back in the water as berley, it certainly couldn't hurt my chances. Cheers. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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