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9 January, 2026
Pic of the Week goes to youngster Crew Bell with a cracker of a Swan River croaker on the new @vexedfishing Live Bait clip!
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With the green light officially given by Fisheries WA to go fishing for abalone this Saturday from 7-8am, it is important to stay safe by following the tips below.
🌊 Always check the conditions before heading out on the reef
👬 Buddy up with a mate/s and look out for each other
🤿 Use the proper gear to stay safe and make it easier to catch abalone
❌ If you can’t swim, don’t go out on the reef - no abalone is worth risking your life for.
More safety tips can be found here and for multiple translations of our safe abalone fishing tips, click here.
The next scheduled abalone day is Saturday, 7 February.
A heads up to all fishers in the South-West and along our southern coastline, with the following Hazardous Fishing Alert being issued by the Bureau of Meteorology for today and tomorrow.
This Hazardous Fishing Alert is part of our partnership with the Bureau of Meteorology to help notify fishers of dangerous forecasts. With a significant swell and elevated wave heights moving along our coastline during this time, it is important to put your safety first.
INFO:
South to south-westerly waves with significant wave heights to around 3-4m from early Friday morning, with swell period of 10-12 seconds.
Wave heights easing in the west from Friday afternoon, easing from Saturday morning in Israelite Bay.
No fish is worth your life, so put your safety first and if anyone you know is thinking of going fishing in these areas during this time, let them know of this alert.
In the meantime, make sure you download the Bureau of Meteorology's app to keep track of forecasts and warnings in real-time, even when out of range. For tips on how to stay safe while fishing, click here.
An absolute ripper of a tripletail for @reefchiefaustralia. These fish are commonly sighted around the moorings and floating structure in the Bay.
Poor weather has limited boating activity with most crews forced to stay in Roebuck Bay where tripletail have been active around the moorings, while bluebone have been caught on the inshore lumps. Dampier and Crab creeks have held mainly small barramundi and the odd threadfin salmon. Both systems have held good numbers of mud crabs. The persistent westerly winds will make it a tad choppy out on the water this week but Saturday and Monday shouldn’t be too bad.
Shore-Based
A big Spanish mackerel was taken from the rocks at Gantheaume Point this week, while the Town Beach Jetty has held queenfish and trevally with the odd barramundi at night. Entrance Point has offered trevally and queenfish too. Flat Rock in Willie Creek is worth a crack for mangrove jack or a stray threadfin salmon. Heavy rain has ruled out fishing in the Fitzroy River for now. Big thanks to the crew from Tackle World Broome for their tips! Make sure you pay them a visit for the best gear and advice for your next fishing trip.
Triple trevally treat for these lucky customers aboard @onstrikecharters this week!
Conditions were pretty good between Christmas and New Year’s Day, but the past week hasn’t been flash. Big boats that have ploughed through the slop to fish out very wide on the west side have raised good numbers of blue marlin. Deep droppers have found the going hard with only the odd goldband snapper coming over the side, while those trolling for Spanish mackerel have picked up a few off Tantabiddi, off the back of the reef and at Helby Bank. The odd spangled emperor has been plucked from the lagoons at Tantabiddi. Crews that took advantage of weather windows to get to the Muirons have picked up Rankin cod, coral trout and a few red emperor, but Spanish mackerel activity around here has been quiet. In Exmouth Gulf the Shoals have offered blue-lined emperor and coral trout as well as golden trevally, while fly-fishers on the flats south of Learmonth have caught the odd permit. Those targeting squid have done better in the early morning before the water warms. Those southerly winds are hanging around for all of this week, but the mornings are your best bet before the midday wind spike.
The tip of the Cape has offered shelter from the south-westerlies and produced spangled emperor and the odd bluebone. Conditions have been similar at VLF Bay which has produced queenfish. Bait schools have been active at Bundegi boat ramp which has offered small trevally and queenfish in the early mornings. Small cod and bream have been in the marina, along with a few mangrove jack, while the outside rock wall has been worth a crack for squid in the mornings. The mouth of Wapet Creek has held a few whiting and flathead, but whiting catches along the Gulf’s beaches have slowed a fair bit. Towards the national park campers have found a few spangled emperor and dart in the lagoons.These great tips were courtesy of the friendly team at Tackle World Exmouth. Swing by their store for the best advice and gear ahead of your next trip!
Leigh and @nickihuntfishing with a fat and healthy tailor landed in windy conditions.
With water temperatures around 24C pelagic action has started to fire up. Yellowfin tuna to 20kg have been taken north of town and a wahoo around 15kg was landed last week. Spanish mackerel have been going all right with most sizes in the smaller 8-10kg range, although it’s still enough to take home a delicious feed. Crayfishing has continued to go well. The next handful of mornings should see lulls in the wind, but Sunday morning’s forecast is looking best out of the lot.
Wittecarra has continued to be reliable in the mornings for tailor around the 40-45cm mark, with the odd 60cm model thrown in. Mulloway from 90cm with the odd bigger one have also been landed. Sharks have been a problem at Wittecarra at times. Tailor have also been active at the river mouth and some bigger ones have been taken from the cliffs along with pink snapper. The river mouth has also produced yellowfin whiting on calm mornings. At Wagoe, tailor have been the main catch and it’s been the same story at Lucky Bay. Mullet schools have turned up here as well, which could be a good sign for other large species. The Murchison River has continued to fish well. Yellowfin whiting have been quiet, but sand whiting have stepped in to fill the breach at the Sand Spit. Yellowfin whiting have been caught in the ocean at Chinamans. Crabs have been running well in the river, with mostly blue swimmers at the ocean end and better numbers of mud crabs from the jetties and boat pens around the marina. Kalbarri Sports and Dive has upgraded its lure selection and the town’s younger anglers have been eager converts to artificials. They’ve been using Roven Micro jigs, TT Switchprawn vibes and a range of prawn imitations which have been killing it on mangrove jack, big bream and decent cod. The upper reaches of the Murchison River have yielded a few giant herring, including a couple of 80cm models.Shout out to Kalbarri Sports and Dive for their tips! Feel free to venture into the store and ask for advice if you're wetting a line around Kalbarri.
Plenty of lunches and dinners sorted thanks to this shore dive from Steve Christo @stoaksy.
Spanish mackerel in the 10-17kg range have turned up offshore, mostly from the northern side of town. The best tactic is to troll ganged gardies or deeper diving lures such as Halco Laser Pros at 5-6 knots. Further north there have been yellowfin tuna and longtail tuna mixed in. Fishing is a write-off out on the boats until at least Monday with some big winds and swell expected until then but Monday to Wednesday is looking more inviting.
Tailor fishing has been very good throughout both morning and afternoons when the weed hasn’t been bad, with hotspots including Flat Rocks, West Bank, both points at the Greenough River mouth, Southgates, Tarcoola and Point Moore. A few tailor have been taken from the town marina rock walls, while north of the Batavia Coast Marina there have been herring and squid, as well as tailor. The hot tailor run has continued from Drummond Cove up past Coronation, with the standout spot being Sunset Beach in the mornings where the fish have been hammering baits and lures. Herring and whiting have been with the tailor at Drummond Cove and school mulloway and school sharks have been active along this stretch as well. Bigger mulloway have been about too with a 1.4m model taken around Coronations. Young anglers fishing in the marinas have been catching and releasing cod to 50cm and bream to 33cm. The lower reaches of the Greenough River have held a nice mix of species including bream, whiting, flathead and nice flounder. Chapman River has held better bream to 37cm, school mulloway and a few bread-butter species also. The marina at Dongara has shown its versatility with a recent session producing nine species, including yellowtail, fingermark perch, Moses perch, juvenile pink snapper, tarwhine, herring, bream to 33cm, pike of various sizes and tailor to 32cm, while the structure on the north side of the marina at Port Denison has been rewarding holidaymakers with plenty of herring and chopper tailor.
Thanks to the team at Geraldton Sports Centre for their tips! They will happily provide you with great gear and solid advice for your next fishing trip.
Joe with a lovely tailor landed in the whitewash during one of of Peter Fullarton’s Tailored Treks tours! Peter said his customers have gone toe to toe with plenty of 70cm tailor recently, so get out there while the tailor bite is hot.
Boats have been out in force over the holiday period, making the most of the bay’s sheltered waters. The calmer conditions have delivered plenty of variety, with large blue-spot flathead featuring regularly alongside tailor, snook, herring, King George whiting, skippy and squid. It’s been proper mixed-bag fishing, keeping kids entertained without the need to travel far. Offshore has been a little more challenging. Tuna schools have been patchy and extremely boat shy, disappearing at the first hint of an approaching hull. A few mackerel have made cameo appearances to keep hopes alive, but there’s still been plenty of trolling between bites. Patience and persistence has been the key ingredient. The 20m line has been a reliable fallback, producing excellent-sized sand whiting. Staying on the drift is the go to avoid being harassed by the northwest blowfish. Sunday is looking more comfortable out of the two days this weekend to launch, but Monday onwards is looking much better on the forecast.
Sunrise and sunset sessions have produced a consistent chopper tailor bite, while anglers working reef breaks and gutters have enjoyed some unusually high quality greenback action for this time of year. Several fish to around 70cm have been encountered, proving once again that walking the beach can be just as rewarding as launching a boat. Dawn has offered the best window for pink snapper where there’s a bit of reef within casting range. For those using drones, dropping baits 200–300m out has extended the bite window nicely. Most snapper have been pan-sized fish in the 2–3kg range, with the bigger models largely schooled up offshore at this time of year.
Big thanks to Peter Fullarton for his tips on what's biting around Lancelin each week! If you want Peter to put you on to the fish directly, make sure you check out his Tailored Treks Tours page. Peter knows the best spots around Lancelin like the back of his hand.
Gido @gidos_fishing_adventures has been cleaning up on the squid lately via the Oceans Legacy jigs, with this kraken the biggest of the lot.
Rough weather has kept boaties closer in than usual, but good fish have been about. Tuna have been active at Cull Island, while nannygai and breaksea cod have been taken at Observatory Island. Lion Island has offered a few queen snapper and Samsonfish, while squid have been thick in 17m behind Cook Rocks. Sand whiting have been prolific off West Beach, while big King George whiting have been caught at Flat Rock. There has been lots of herring, squid and snook in Esperance Bay. The easterly winds will make it tough over the next week and there is a Hazardous Fishing Alert currently underway for today and tomorrow with a strong swell, so take caution. Monday morning onwards looks a tad better.
Thomas River has been a hotspot for mulloway and gummy sharks, while Poison Creek and Israelite Bay have held mulloway and bronze whaler sharks. Alexander Bay has yielded salmon and big skippy, while Stockyards and Wylie Bay have offered flathead, sand whiting and salmon. Fourth Beach and 10-Mile Lagoon have been the pick of the spots for salmon, while the port viewing area and Taylor Street Jetty have produced King George whiting. Town Jetty has offered herring, squid and garfish, while King George whiting, flathead and bream have been caught in Bandy Creek Boat Harbour. Woody Lake has produced nice bream also.
Hats off to the very knowledgeable team at Southern Sports & Tackle for their tips! These guys love their fishing as well, so make sure you swing by their store for the best gear and advice before wetting a line around Esperance.
A 46cm beast of a black bream landed by @andrew_ward_3 up river this week!
Plenty of crews have been making the most of the excellent conditions to get to the coral ground and they haven’t been disappointed. Eclipse Island, Passage Reef and Hartmans have produced nice mixed bags of nannygai, good pink snapper, especially out from Albany, plenty of queen snapper and lots of yellowtail kingfish and Samsonfish. Conditions have been ideal for beach launching. Inshore, King George whiting have been on the small side off Griffiths Street and at Mistaken Island and squid catches have slowed. Drop netters have been picking up blue swimmer crabs in the Kalgan River and Oyster Harbour. Two People Bay has been producing lots of plump sand whiting, while Denmark’s Wilson Inlet has offered a host of species including pink snapper, good flathead, King George whiting, herring and garfish. Conditions aren’t looking friendly due to the Hazardous Fishing Alert this weekend, so keep the boat docked and stick to the beaches or go up river if you wish to fish.
Take note of the Hazardous Fishing Alert for the South-West and Southern coastline across today and tomorrow. No fish is worth your life, so stick to the beaches or head up river if you decide to go fishing during this time. The King and Kalgan rivers have been fishing well for bream and the influx of salt water has brought in small King George whiting and herring. Beach fishing has been going well too with most spots reliable for herring, tarwhine and flathead, while some decent tailor have been caught at Bornholm and Sand Patch and salmon schools have been active at Shelley Beach. The rock platforms either side of Albany have offered Samsonfish and blue groper when the swell has been low. Squid have been taken at Frenchman Bay, Emu Point and the town marina. The marina has held a few herring along with small whiting and the odd skippy, while Emu Point has offered both yellowfin and King George whiting as well as bream and the odd herring. Scoop netters have found the blue swimmer crabs in Princess Royal Harbour to be mainly undersized and most of the females berried.
Cheers to the Trailblazers Albany crew for their fishing tips this week! Swing by their store if you're after some top gear and advice ahead of your next fishing trip. Remember, Trailblazers Albany have loan lifejackets available if you wish to fish off the rocks, but keeping the sand between your toes is always a safer option.
The yellowtail kingfish have been coming thick and fast for fishers from the Naturaliste Game & Sports Fishing Club over the past week or so, with @livinginsalt_ enjoying a great topwater session on this fast growing and delicious species.
It’s been relatively quiet offshore, though King George whiting were on the 30m line straight out of Bunbury at times. There has been some tuna and bonito action, but it’s been sporadic. Samsonfish have been taken on the lumps around the Cape, while yellowtail kingfish have been active at the Bouvards. Squid have mainly been targeted in Geographe Bay but numbers haven’t been great with the warmer water temperatures, although sand whiting and King George whiting in modest sizes have often saved the day. Crayfish have moved out into much deeper water where divers have been picking them up. Blue swimmer crabs have been going well in the estuary and between pot runs drop netters have been picking up herring and chopper tailor. Blue swimmer crabs have also been taken in the Collie River and in Geographe Bay around Busselton. It should be quite flat on the water over the coming days due to the hot, strong easterly winds.
Lots has been happening on the land-based front. Yellowfin whiting around the 30cm mark have been active on the beaches at Preston, Myalup and Binningup in the mornings. Staff at Whitey’s Tackle have been targeting them using Vexed Micro Meats adorned with small pieces of prawn and did very well, often pulling in double-headers. The bycatch has included soapy mulloway around 50cm, sand whiting and slimy mackerel. In the afternoons these beaches have offered reasonable numbers of chopper tailor. South of Bunbury, Back Beach and Dalyellup have held plenty of herring, while drone fishers got stuck into big pink snapper at Dalyellup last week and the odd one was landed around Dunsborough. Tailor and herring have been hungry at Hungry Hollow, while at the Bunbury Cut herring, the odd chopper tailor and good flathead have been caught. Tailor have also moved into the estuary end of the Collie River. The river has been producing mulloway to 80cm which have been targeted on 140mm Duo Tide Minnows, a long slim floating bibbed lure that’s best worked erratically with short pauses. A few bream have been taken in the river as well. In the Leschenault Estuary yellowfin whiting have been plentiful and widespread. There’s been plenty of big ones landed, but most have been smaller than their ocean counterparts. Scoop netters have started to find blue swimmer crabs in reasonable numbers at the Australind end of the estuary. Busselton Jetty has been quiet, offering mainly small squid. Some sizeable tailor have been caught from the reefs around Yallingup, while the Blackwood River has fished well for bream.
Big cheers to Whitey's Tackle & Camping for their top fishing tips as always! If you're in Australind or Bunbury and are keen to wet a line throughout our South-West make sure you ask their very friendly team who love their fishing for advice and stock up on gear at their store. If you're in Busselton, the 2 Oceans Tackle team are also incredibly helpful.
Recfishwest is proud to partner with the Naturaliste Game & Sport Fishing Club to deliver a fun, safe, hands-on and FREE fishing experience in Busselton this school holidays!
This clinic, supported by Healthway and Shimano, is designed to get kids outdoors, teach them new skills and help them discover the joy of fishing in a safe and sustainable way, making it perfect for beginner fishers wanting to learn the ropes!
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Get your drop nets and snares ready, marron season has arrived! WA's much-loved season is open until 12 noon, 5 February, with around 10,000 licensed fishers ready to visit our picturesque fresh waterways to pursue this great species endemic to WA’s South-West. For the best tips for catching marron, click here. Photo: @bushrats.
Rivers in the South-West have started to produce good numbers of brown and rainbow trout. In the Pemberton area Lefroy Brook and the Cascades have been fishing well, especially for rainbow trout. Insect hatches at Big Brook Dam have attracted some big brown trout. The Tone river has fished well for rainbow trout, while rainbows and browns have been in the Collie River below the dam. The Collie River townsite has been reliable for redfin perch. The Capel and Preston rivers have also fished well for rainbow trout and redfin perch and rainbow trout have been caught in the upper reaches of Albany’s King River. Harvey Dam has held small redfin which have shown a liking for Force Lures and Tackle soft plastics. With the marron season starting this week and water levels low, the extra activity on the banks will likely spook a lot of trout and redfin, so taking a kayak out into the centre of the dams or away from the hustle and bustle would be a better option if you wish to target fish.
Boats
At the Bouvards shark mackerel have been active on the reefs and decent-sized tailor have also turned up, some around the 70cm mark. Small yellowtail kingfish have been plentiful at times, often in quite shallow water. Tuna have been in the 25-40m depths, while those dropping pots have often been getting five or six crays a pot in 15m and divers have been doing well in 20-30m. Sand whiting have been caught on the inside of the Five-Fathom Bank and also behind the Five, more in line with town, where sizes have been bigger. King George whiting have been widespread inshore, but not in great sizes. Squid numbers have improved inshore and a few have been picked up in the Peel-Harvey Estuary, which has also been fishing very well for herring, tailor and skippy in the channels and along the drop-offs. Crabs have been widespread throughout the system and also in Serpentine and Murray rivers. Great conditions are expected across this weekend so get out there.
A heads up that the Department of Transport and Major Infrastructure are planning to refurbish the southern training wall at Dawesville Cut, with site mobilisation commencing on Monday, 12 January and anticipated to run until April 2026. Access will be limited while this work occurs, but fishers can still access the base of the groyne and the fishing platform.
In the Peel-Harvey Estuary scoop netters have started to do well on blue swimmer crabs which have been in most of their usual haunts. Those wading out to the estuary drop-offs have been picking up tailor, herring and skippy on metal slices. Those throwing lures on the flats for yellowfin whiting haven’t been enjoying the hot sessions of last year, but they are still finding a few. Bream have been caught in the marinas, while tailor and herring have been hitting metals under the lights at the Mandurah bridges and the Dawesville Cut, which has produced squid at night. Beach fishing has been better north of town with chopper tailor and soapy mulloway fishing well, especially at San Remo, while reports of better mulloway have come from the Singleton area. South of town, Falcon and Melros beaches have been producing good yellowfin whiting in the mornings, while drone fishers have picked up one or two pink snapper down at White Hills.
Thinking of wetting a line around Mandurah? These great tips were courtesy of the super friendly and helpful team at Tackle World Miami so make sure you swing by their store for the best tips and gear before your next fishing trip!
Samsonfish have been on the lumps towards the Five-Fathom Bank and behind Garden and Carnac islands, while big King George whiting have been picked up 20-30m. Smaller King George whiting, sand whiting and the odd skippy and flathead have been caught in close at their usual haunts including Mangles Bay, off Woodman Point, behind Penguin Island, inside Garden Island and on Parmelia Bank. Squid have been holding deeper due to the warmer water temperatures, with 3-4m a good starting point. The inside of Garden Island and off Woodman Point were among the better spots. Tuna have been about towards Five Fathom, while tailor have been caught in the white water behind Penguin and Garden islands. Drop netters have been working harder than this time last year for a feed of blue swimmer crabs but are still doing okay. A few resident crayfish are being caught in pots, but divers out deeper have been doing much better. Both days this weekend are looking inviting.
There’s been a good run of summer tailor around the 40cm mark along the beaches with Warnbro, Long Point, Port Kennedy and Secret Harbour among the better spots. School-sized mulloway have turned up as well along with herring and sand whiting. The grain terminal beach and Safety Bay have been good spots for yellowfin whiting and the odd one has turned up among the sand whiting, herring and flathead at the Penguin Island spit. Palm Beach and Rockingham jetties have produced herring, sand whiting and chopper tailor. Scaly mackerel have shown up at Rockingham Jetty and also the Ammo Jetty. Squid have been taken at night from all these platforms. Scoop netters chasing blue swimmer crabs have found it hard going. Divers have been doing a little better, but bagging out has been hard.
These great fishing tips were provided by the friendly team at Compleat Angler & Camping World in Rockingham, so make sure you chat to their experienced crew in store and stock up before heading out!
The pelagic action off Perth is really starting to heat up, with marlin, mackies, yellowfin tuna, Samsonfish, amberjack and yellowtail kingfish all doing the rounds. Scotty from @saltfix has cracked the code on the inshore kingies, with the reefs off Mindarie, Two Rocks and Ocean Reef seeing some solid surface captures this week.
Yellowfin tuna have been landed out wide off the northern suburbs, while coastal suburbs closer to the city have produced the odd Spanish mackerel and shark mackerel offshore at the back of the reefs. Small dolphinfish have been at the FADs but they have been very skittish and live baits have worked best on them. The Fish Towers have yielded solid numbers and sizes of yellowtail kingfish and amberjack, while the early signs and high water temperatures are pointing to a good billfish season with striped marlin and blue marlin already caught behind Rottnest Island. Sand whiting and King George whiting have been caught off Hillarys and out from Fremantle. Rottnest Island has been the pick of the squid spots, but a few have come from the deeper depths off South Fremantle. Tailor have been caught at Stragglers and Mewstones. A few resident crays have been caught in close, but most have moved off. In the Swan River, big mulloway have been landed in the deeper depths and the number of working birds in the lower reaches suggest trolling for tailor will be worthwhile. Blue swimmer crabs have been more prolific in the Swan’s deeper pockets, but catches at Applecross, Canning Bridge and Como have started to improve. The old brewery, Perth Water and the Narrows have still been quieter. Both days this weekend are expecting hot and strong easterly winds so it should be relatively flat, with midday lulls likely to see glass offs.
Due to the SailGP racing event coming up, Fremantle Ports will be closing public access to North Mole from 10pm on Wednesday, 14 January until the morning of Monday, 19 January. South Mole is also currently closed for the event and is set to reopen to the public on Friday, 30 January once the grandstand and infrastructure has been removed. For more info on the SailGP, click here.
Tailor in the 40-50cm range have been caught from the northern beaches from Quinns up to Yanchep and herring have also been prolific. Around Christmas time these beaches, especially Alkimos, produced some incredible sessions on pink snapper. Floreat and City Beach have produced mostly herring with a few chopper tailor mixed in and the odd soapy mulloway underneath the herring schools. Bigger tailor have been caught at Trigg, while Grant Street has fished well for herring and garfish. North Mole and Fremantle Harbour have held the same species along with tarwhine, while a few tailor have been caught at CY O’Connor Beach and Coogee. The Swan River continues to offer a variety of species. Yellowfin whiting have been caught late at night on the outgoing tide around East Fremantle and a few small ones have been taken as bycatch by flathead fishers in the lower reaches. Flathead have been widespread from the Narrows downstream with Applecross, Canning Bridge, Ardross, Point Walter, Nedlands, Claremont, Freshwater Bay, Mosman Bay, Bicton and East Fremantle producing them in a range of sizes, with a few flounder mixed in. Tailor catches from the flats and drop-offs have waned, but small giant herring around 30cm have been plentiful from Ardross right up the Swan to Maylands and also in the Canning River. School-sized mulloway have been caught at the Narrows and smaller ones have been up river around Bayswater and in the Canning River as far up as Shelley. Bream have not been in great numbers or sizes, but they have been widespread, from the yacht clubs in the middle reaches of the Swan to among the snags as far up as Guildford. Ballooning off the northern beaches or drone fishing is looking good over the coming days with the stronger easterlies.
A big thanks to Compleat Angler Nedlands for their great metro tips! These guys are all avid fishers, know the best spots for every particular species and have provided great support to Recfishwest and metro fishers for many years. Make sure you ask their super friendly team for advice at their store just off Stirling Highway and stock up before wetting a line off the land or boat!
Our Fishing Report is compiled by West Australian writer and keen angler William Bennett, who contacts tackle stores directly around WA - love your work William!
Recfishwest’s fishing report contributors: Jarrad Lawford (editor and images), Sam Bock, Sedin Hasanovic, Sam Russell, Levi De Boni and Eligh Quigley.
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