Abalone poacher faces jail time
Posted on 23/07/2008
A poacher who plundered abalone from the east Gippsland coast and a marine sanctuary in Port Phillip Bay faces a lengthy jail term for trafficking the valuable shellfish.
Authorities also plan to make Jure Joseph Topic, 34, who took more than 2500 abalone from four habitats in 18 months, pay compensation of $44,000 and ban him indefinitely from Victoria’s coast.
