NSW marine authorities have upped the ante in its fight against illegal fishing and black market sales on Sydney's waters.
Despite NSW Fisheries seizing about 50,000 illegally caught fish and invertebrates in NSW each year, authorities said it was not enough to curb the rise in unlawful activity.
Operation Ascend, a "high profile compliance exercise" using two high-tech Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPV), began in Sydney Harbour in December.
It has already intercepted hundreds of boats since it began, detecting 83 offences, some of them major.
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