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04/08/2005: "YELLOWTAIL KINGFISH at Seal Rocks"

Once found in great schools numbering in the tens of thousands, but no more. The kingie has gone into decline - overfishing being the probable cause.

The Kingfish was a favourite food for grey nurse sharks - an obvious link between food and predator here. Take the food away and the predator seeks other food elsewhere.

Kingie traps devised by fishermen at Seal Rocks decades ago - and kept secret for years. Eventually others copied the simple and effective design and in a few short years the kingfish were almost wiped out.