Thread: Scallops top of the south season looking grim

Originally Posted by southernman

I would think that 50 plus years, of dragging dredges and bottom trawl nets, also has a great deal, to do with the current lack of good sea bed habitat.

150 odd years you mean.
Tasman bay had massive mussel beds in it that were fished out years ago.
There has been feasibility studys done into dropping piles of shell into the bay to give mussels and oysters something to attach to to start filtering and cleaning the water again like they did in the early 1800s.
Would mean banning trawling and dredging in the area tho.
I am all for it.

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