Australia's largest supplier of Sydney rock oysters is one of two producers targeted by thieves.
Thousands of oysters have been stolen from leases at the Wagonga Inlet in Narooma.Up to 100,000 Sydney rock oysters have been stolen from leases on the NSW far south coast.
Detective Sergeant Michael Calleja from the NSW Police Rural Crime Prevention team said while there were reports of oyster theft "from time to time" on the NSW south coast, he had not witnessed oyster theft of this scale in recent years.Sergeant Calleja said none of the juvenile oysters were yet ready for human consumption.
Pambula oyster farmer Andy Baker said the the theft was "fairly significant" and the losses in production and opportunity cost would hurt the affected farmers.(He estimated the losses would be valued between $10,000 and $20,000.
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