A man has been fined $500 for spearing a protected fish species in Sydney over the weekend. NSW police have confirmed officers spoke to a 26-year-old man on Saturday following reports a blue groper (Achoerodus viridis) was speared and killed at Oak Park in Cronulla. Police said the fish was not found but was “believed […]
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Jervis Bay: Fresh tragedy as an entire FAMILY of blue gropers are slaughtered by spearfishermen after ‘Gus the Groper’ kill saga: ‘So sad and so angry’
A spear fisher has sparked new outrage after illegally killing a family of blue gropers, just days after fury erupted over the death of a fish feared to be Gus The Groper in Sydney. Photographs on social media have revealed NSW fisheries officers intercepting a spear fisherman with three dead gropers at Plantation Point, Jervis […]