Sydney Harbour attracts most fishers - but can they eat their catch?

9:49 PM Sat 2 Oct 2010 GMT

'Fishers state the Harbour waters are abundant in fish, but only some of them eat their catch.' .

A Department of Primary Industries report shows Sydney Harbour has the most recreational fishers per square kilometre of any NSW waterway. This has prompted authorities to express concern about the consumption of poisoned fish caught west of the Harbour Bridge. The DPI survey involved more than 500 people, who named 33 species they took home. Despite the 70 per cent of survey respondents rating the harbour as 'good to very good', Primary Industries Minister Steve Whan said fishers were ignoring warnings about possible carcinogens in catches from west of the bridge. Fish from the western side of the harbour have ...

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by Media Services