
Now you seafood, now you don’t: $350k worth of oysters vanish without a trace in NSW
Sydney rock oysters, prized for their flavour and rarity, have been targeted by thieves, with one NSW farm losing 400,000 oysters in a single robbery. Photograph: Paris Spellson/AlamyView image in fullscreenSydney rock oysters, prized for their flavour and rarity, have been targeted by thieves, with one NSW farm losing 400,000 oysters in a single robbery.
- ▪Sydney rock oysters, prized for their flavour and rarity, have been targeted by thieves, with one NSW farm losing 400,000 oysters in a single robbery.
- ▪Photograph: Paris Spellson/AlamyView image in fullscreenSydney rock oysters, prized for their flavour and rarity, have been targeted by thieves, with one NSW farm losing 400,000 oysters in a single robbery.
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| Publication time | Wed, 26 Aug 2026 08:12:53 GMT |
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Sydney rock oysters, prized for their flavour and rarity, have been targeted by thieves, with one NSW farm losing 400,000 oysters in a single robbery. Photograph: Paris Spellson/AlamyView image in fullscreenSydney rock oysters, prized for their flavour and rarity, have been targeted by thieves, with one NSW farm losing 400,000 oysters in a single robbery. Photograph: Paris Spellson/AlamyNew South WalesNow you seafood, now you don’t: $350k worth of oysters vanish without a trace in NSWAbout 400,000 juvenile Sydney rock oysters were taken from an oyster farm on state’s mid-north coast earlier this year, police say Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Kat WongWed 26 Aug 2026 04.12 EDTLast modified on Wed 26 Aug 2026 04.29 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GooglePolice are…
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