Tasmanian Scallop season reminders
by Recreational Fishing News 5 Jul 04:33 UTC
Scallop © Department of NRE Tasmania
The scallop season is currently open until Thursday 31 July inclusive.
Remember, you can share your scallop catch with other licensed fishers on your boat (including with up to one licence holder per boat who didn't dive for scallops!). A boat limit of 250 scallops applies. Check our Scallop Fishing webpage for specific catch sharing rules.
Scallop catch sharing rules are new for this season and deliver on an action identified in the Recreational Sea Fishing Strategy.
Other reminders:
Wild shellfish health alerts
Toxic algal blooms (also known as harmful algal blooms or HABs) are currently known to be present in Tasmania. Elevated levels of algal toxins have been detected in shellfish from the regions listed below.
The Department of Health advises:
Do not eat recreationally harvested mussels, oysters, clams, pipis, cockles, wedge shells abalone and scallop roe from the following areas:
- White Beach in South East Tasmania. This includes waters in and around White Beach and Nubeena on the Tasman Peninsula.
- Adventure Bay on the east coast of Bruny Island.
- Spring Bay, Prosser Bay and the Mercury Passage in Eastern Tasmania. This includes waters north of Lachlan Island, south of the line between Lords Bluff and Ile du Nord, and includes Spring Bay near Triabunna and Prosser Bay near Orford.
- Boomer Bay in South East Tasmania, including Boomer Bay, Little Boomer Bay, and Boomer Bay East to the east of Dunalley.
Seek medical help if you get sick after eating wild shellfish.
Check current wild shellfish health alerts.
Seafood sold in shops and restaurants is safe to eat.
- The Shellfish Market Access Program (ShellMAP) monitors the safety of commercially grown shellfish.
- Commercially harvested seafood supplied to shops and restaurants is managed under strict controls to minimise consumer risk. ShellMAP monitors biotoxin risk in commercial species to ensure areas identified in the biotoxin warning are either closed or restricted accordingly.