New South Wales
A small commercial fishery with no size or catch limit has existed since the 1950s, harvesting from 100 to 450 tonnes per year in 1990s although this tonnage declined from 1997 due to contamination from algae biotoxins. Commercial harvesting in N.S.W. is by hand with 99% of the commercial catch being taken north of Sydney, with half from Stockton Beach. To share the resource and to minimise harvesting for sale on the black market, recreational fishers were allowed a bag limit of 50 pipis per day, which are by law only to be used for bait because of a number of bio-toxin poisoning cases. According to a 1999 survey, recreational fishers were estimated to take around 45 tonnes per year, 92% for consumption and 8% for bait.
In 2011, following concerns that the fishery may collapse, the Department of Primary Industries implemented a partial season closure and minimum commercial size limit of 40 mm, although recreational fishing has not been further constrained. The NSW Status Of Fisheries lists the Pipi exploitation status as Uncertain.
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