Microchip those fish! A pox on Australian cod poachers

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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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 ET

SYDNEY (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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