Households are being warned to double check where their seafood is coming from over Christmas to avoid purchasing illegally captured marine life.

New South Wales Police and the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development are joining forces to crackdown on black market seafood sales.

Rural editor Emily Minney caught up with supervising fisheries officer Glenn Staples to find out more about potential risks.

Households are being warned to double check where their seafood is coming from over Christmas to avoid purchasing illegally captured marine life.
New South Wales Police and the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development are joining forces to crackdown on black market seafood sales.
Rural editor Emily Minney caught up with supervising fisheries officer Glenn Staples to find out more about potential risks.

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