Poached Lobster And Chips

[mrmoshe]

FISHERIES officers are implanting microchips into lobsters and netting poachers in an elaborate sting.

The high-tech devices are the New South Wales Government's latest weapon in the war against the multi-million dollar poaching industry.

The chips cost just $11 and are similar to those placed in domestic dogs and cats all over the state.

Microchips are injected into the flesh of a lobster near its tail.

Then the lobster is scanned by a digital reader, which logs details of the crustacean which are stored in a database.

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Stolen lobsters can be identified when poachers try to sell them at fish markets, where traps containing up to 100 lobsters can fetch $6000.

Edited April 17, 2006 by MallacootaPete