Three people face charges in WA after being caught with more than 700 abalone and trochus shells. Source: AAP
IN one of Western Australia's biggest hauls of poached abalone and trochus shells, fisheries officers have seized more than 700 of the valuable molluscs.
Fisheries Department compliance officer Michael Kelly said a tip-off from a member of the public led to the discovery of 488 abalone and 269 trochus shells in the possession of three people.
Of the 488 abalone, 449 were under legal size.
A 46-year-old man and two women, aged 35 and 43, will be charged with several offences and could be fined more than $20,000 each.
Abalone fishing has been banned from north of Moore River to the Northern Territory border after a heatwave in 2011 affected the abalone population.
Mr Kelly said the seizure was one of the biggest in the state.
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