NSW Female Mudcrabs...

[Drifty75]

Heya's..

So I'm on holiday's down at Wooli (from brisbane) and caught a bunch of muddies in the pots. Now I know the law states you can take jennys as long as they're not berried up.

However, I took a jenny home and cracked her open to find eggs. There were none on the outside of her at all.

What does one do in this situation ? Should I just throw the crab back, albeit dead.. Or is it reasonable to still eat her ?


I'm just chasing clarification here for future reference.

Cheers

[banshee]

Don't think it will have any bearing on the taste so might as well eat it.Can always turf it if it taste like shit.

[scorpo92]

Wash em off and scoff her down haha.

[joffo81]

Don't waste the eggs - they're delicious (cooked of course)! Nothing illegal about it provided there's no eggs carried on the underside of the crab when caught.