Mud crab numbers grow, as Queensland study reveals their secret lives. 17m. On Australia's mangrove-lined east coast, the star of the Easter lunch menu is often a delicious, meaty mud crab.

Mud crab numbers grow, as Queensland study reveals their secret lives. By Aaron Kelly. ABC Capricornia. Topic: Fishing and Aquaculture Industry. Sun 20 Apr Sunday 20 April Sun 20 Apr 2025 at 12:30am.

A trip to the mangroves can save north Queensland seafood lovers hundreds of dollars at Christmas, but it's not so easy for those new to the game. Here's how to catch and cook your own mud crab.

Don't miss out on the headlines from Sport. Followed categories will be added to My News. But it was the busiest it's been in Constant Creek, according to keen fisherman Matthew Sutton who has ...

MUD crabs don’t have fingerprints so their DNA will be used in a prosecution case after 156 crustaceans were seized during a police blitz at Wallangarra on November 19.

In Australia’s mangrove-lined mudflats and estuaries live armour-plated mud-dwellers with massive bone-crunching claws. Emerging from muddy holes and hides with the ebb and flow of the tides, the ...

AFTER good rainfall throughout the Mackay region in recent weeks, prawn and mud crabs are finally expected to be out in high quantities. Read Today's Paper Tributes & Notices Rewards ...

There has been enough to get a dirty-water flow throughout most systems and already the mud crabs have been on the move. I expect them to be a popular target leading into Christmas this weekend ...

THE whiting are still biting, big bream are now being caught in number, the sea mullet are late, the tailor are yet to turn up and if you know where to look catching a feed of mud crabs is still ...

QUEENSLAND mud crab - the "hero" of our food tourism trade - is under the crunch as tensions boil over in the state's $300 million seafood industry.

Female mud crabs have been protected in Queensland since 1914. Fisheries urged anyone who suspects illegal fishing to phone Fishwatch on 1800 017 116. More related stories. Police & Courts ...