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Premium Content Subscriber only Ask any fisher and they can tell you female Queensland mud crabs are off-limits but very little else is known about them. The Department of Agriculture and Fisheries is hoping to change that with the help of recreational and commercial fishers. Principal Fisheries scientist Dr Julie Robins said they were looking for fishers to report sightings of egg-bearing female mud crabs to help fill the knowledge gaps. We know (mud crab) are subject to heavy fishing pressure in some regions and to black marketing, and their populations are affected by environmental events like floods and prolonged droughts with excessive temperatures, Dr Robins said. ....