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22/08/2005: "LOBSTER"

It is illegal to 'take' rock lobster in NSW with the aid of scuba - but as long as they are not removed from the water, it's OK to photograph them.

The giant rock lobster are now protected. It took decades before 'the penny dropped' and it was discovered these were the breeding stock.

Divers Wally Gibbins and Vic Ley had suspected this for years - but the information was never followed through.

Underwater model Christine Danaher was shown these pet lobster by Dennis Kemp when he ran a dive shop at Tuncurry NSW