LAST week Fishing World brought you a disturbing video showing the dumped bycatch left behind by commercial fishers at Jimmys Beach, NSW.
After originally abandoning any investigation ito the hundreds of dead fish due to lack of evidence, the NSW DPI will reopen an investigation after a photo emerged of those suspected of being responsible, according to this artice in the Newcastle Herald.
The photo was taken by a camper who witnessed the incident at dusk on January 7, 2019.
“I saw the pelicans getting excited and went to have a look,” he said.
“You could tell the guys weren’t too happy they were being watched.”
The man said he reported the incident to the Department of Fisheries but did not hear back.
It is believed those responsible for dumping the fish were commercial fishing operators who used two boats to haul for whiting.
Among the hundreds of dumped fish were rays and a shovel-nosed shark.
The incident comes at that the same time as the Fisheries Compliance Unit seeks to protect fish stocks through a crackdown on illegal recreational fishing inside marine parks sanctuary zones.
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