‘Butchered so barbarically’: heartbreak turns to anger about killing of rays at popular Sydney diving spot

Divers demand end to fishing of rays after mutilated carcasses discovered at Chowder Bay on Sydney's north shore

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Jayne Jenkins found the sandy floor of Chowder Bay on Sydney Harbour a mess of fishing lines, hooks and ray carcass, last Saturday morning.

Fins had been chopped from two bull rays, the diver told Guardian Australia. One had a big split across its head - Jenkins identified it as Stumpy, a well known ray that had its tail chopped off in previous years.

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