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Goolwa Pipis Safe for Easter Feasts

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Goolwa pipis are back on the menu! After months of lockdown, authorities have cleared them safe for eating following heavy testing. Recreational fishers can now grab pipis from Middle Point to the Murray Mouth for dinner, not just bait. This is a welcome change from the start of the twenty twenty-five twenty-six pipi season when beach hauls were bait-only due to Karenia algae blooms. Local fishers and experts are hyped, with Primary Industries Minister Clare Scriven calling it perfect timing to back homegrown seafood. So grab your buckets and dig into some fresh Goolwa gold this holiday!

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Goolwa Pipis Safe for Easter Feasts

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Adelaide News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now!Goolwa Pipis Safe for Easter Feasts. Machine-transcribed; use the interactive transcript above to jump the player to any line.

0:00It's April 2nd. This is Adelaide News today, AI-powered stories from your city. I'm Cory with the story. South Aussie seafood heads just caught a massive Easter break with gooey pipus back on the plate after months on lockdown. Authorities cleared them safe for eating following heavy testing right as the long weekend kicks off. Recreational fishers can now grab pipus from middle point to the Murray Malford dinner, not just bait. This flips the script from the start of the 2025-26 pp season, when beach hauls were bait only due to Carina algae blooms. Most South Australian waters, including Guwah and the Kaurang coast, now show clean results with brief attacks and levels dropped to save zones. Commercial pipus stay good to go the whole time, thanks to tight checks. Locals and fishers are hyped, with primary industry's minister Claire Scriven calling it perfect timing to back home grown seafood. Backfish essay boss Asher Desiree says it rebuilds trust for the lifestyle stable, especially

1:01around Easter feasts. Experts like Professor Mike Steer from the Research Institute echo that steady tests confirm the green light. Recent weeks of sampling by the Shellfish Quality Assurance Program, nailed the all clear, but they'll keep monitoring Guwah Beach. Bag limits hold steady at 330 pp per person per day there, and 165 in Gulf St Vincent running through May 31st. So grab your buckets, support those producers, and dig into some fresh Guwah Gold this holiday, safe, sustainable, and straight fire.

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