Port Fairy divers young and old testing if periwinkles can be harvested sustainably

Jackson Graham
Updated August 23 2019 - 8:25pm, first published 6:00pm
'YOUNGEST DIVER': Port Fairy's Bree Fox is believed to be the youngest commercial diver in Australia. She works with her dad harvesting periwinckles. Picture: supplied
'YOUNGEST DIVER': Port Fairy's Bree Fox is believed to be the youngest commercial diver in Australia. She works with her dad harvesting periwinckles. Picture: supplied

WHEN the weather is clear teenager Bree Fox dons a wetsuit with her father and dives into shallow waters off the south-west coast to gather sea snails popular among diners.

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Jackson Graham

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