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Flinders Island's last crayfisher calls it a day, saying red tape has put an end to small operators

There's a ute parked out on a rock in Killiecrankie Bay. Three dogs and two men are working.

Crays are rustling around in a big wooden pen called a cauf. The tide is coming in and the rock has become an island. 

"There are 288 crays in there," 80-year-old Jack Wheatley says.

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