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Microchip those fish! A pox on Australian cod poachers
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:13:37 -0500
--- From: "Paul \"Evil Genius\" Music" <evlpawl () cox net> To: "DeClan" <declan () well com> Subject: Yahoo! News - (Micro)Chips in fish help net Australian cod poachers Date: Fri, 7 Nov 2003 21:27:51 -0600 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1516&ncid=1516&e=5&u=/afp/20031106/od_afp/australia_fish_offbeat_031106194455 Offbeat - AFP Chips in fish help net Australian cod poachers Thu Nov 6, 2:44 PM ETSYDNEY (AFP) - Australian fisheries investigators have wrapped up an illegal poaching operation after inserting microchips into fish then tracking them to the culprits' freezer, officals said.
Victoria state Fisheries Minister Bob Cameron said the hi-tech sting began when officers in his department found an illegal fishing net in a creek in the state's northwest.
The officers inserted microchips under the skin of the golden perch and murray cod caught in the net then returned them and waited for the poachers to turn up.
The fish had disappeared a day later and when officers stopped the poachers' vehicle they could find no trace of the animals. However, a subsequent search of their home uncovered fillets in the freezer, complete with microchips still emitting signals to the fisheries officers' tracking devices.
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