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Originally Posted by clambelly
it baffles me that dead shellfish washed up on the beach wouldn't be free for anyone.
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Simple answer - so that poachers can't say "Gee officer, I just found it on the beach!" The fact that they may actually see it sitting there, and see you pick it up innocently doesn't matter to the law. The law is there to protect against poachers, so 'finders-keepers' gets ruled out in all cases.