Rock Lobster Fishery PST update - 15 December 2017
by DPIPWE Fishing News 15 Dec 2017 23:22 PST
Biotoxin testing rock lobster © DPIPWE Fishing
Lower East Coast Zone will open Saturday 16 December 2017
Results from rock lobster sampled from the Lower East Coast Zone indicate paralytic shellfish toxin (PST) levels are below the regulatory limit.
The Lower East Coast Zone will open for Recreational and Commercial fishers:
- for setting rock lobster pots from 17:00 on Friday, 15 December 2017; and
- for rock lobster fishing and taking of rock lobster from 00:01 a.m. on Saturday 16 December 2017./li>
The Central East Zone and the Maria Island Biotoxin Zones remain closed.