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This is a heads-up to the community on Bribie Island and the Sandstone Point/Ningi area regarding the re-emergence of the illegal collection of shellfish, which was happening in broad daylight on (Sunday 25 June) along Sylvan Beach Esplanade at Bellara. Initially, a small but well-organised gang was observed stripping the area bare of mud whelks and mud cockles during the morning low tide. By 9 am they had many hundreds of shellfish

(mainly mud whelks, but also cockles) piled above the high tide mark going into plastic bags. Lots of people were walking by and turning a blind eye, perhaps because they were not aware that ALL of Moreton Bay (including Pumicestone Passage) has been declared a "no-take" zone for shellfish for some years, due to the inability to control similar greedy activities. Fortunately, the activities were eventually phoned into the Fishwatch QLD hotline (1800 017 116) and the relevant details (including photos of the people concerned and number plates of nearby cars) were duly reported. Unfortunately, due to a lack of resources, Fisheries Officers were unable to attend the scene, and 7and a half hours later the same people (as well as others), were witnessed to still be at the same location finishing off what appeared to be a commercial sized shellfish stripping operation. Local police who were patrolling nearby were alerted around 5 pm, but they stated they “couldn’t do anything” as fisheries were “not their jurisdiction”. By 6 pm, around 12 hours after the incident started, the whole operation had moved on. During this time these people were informing passers-by that they considered Pumicestone Passage was "not part of Moreton Bay" and that they were within "their rights" to strip the area bare of shellfish. Clearly, this is untrue, and considering the high probability that these shellfish will be sold on the black market, this behaviour is clearly unacceptable. Everyone in our local community is urged to speak up and report any similar activities immediately to the Fishwatch number (again take the relevant pictures and ring 1800 017 116 to submit them). Even better, get out your loud voices and lobby our local and state government members highlighting the need for more funding for enforcement of fisheries regulations. Indeed, what use is the abundance of fishing rules, the “Marine Park” and the valiant efforts of our local community to restore threatened shellfish reefs, when we have unscrupulous people breaking the law with blatant impunity, in broad daylight, while the local community seems powerless to stop them?