Press Release – Ministry of Primary Industries
A man who sold 97 illegally harvested crayfish on the black-market has been sentenced four months and two weeks home detention. Quentin Teremoana Hawkins (46), from Hawkes Bay, was sentenced in the Hastings District Court yesterday (13/5/21). He earlier …
A man who sold 97 illegally harvested crayfish on the black-market has been sentenced four months and two weeks home detention.
Quentin Teremoana Hawkins (46), from Hawke’s Bay, was sentenced in the Hastings District Court yesterday (13/5/21). He earlier pleaded guilty to 12 charges under the Fisheries Act.
An MPI investigation called ‘Operation Uncle’ discovered sales of illegally caught crayfish from the Waimārama area, between December 2018 and March 2019. Two other people are involved – one has pleaded not guilty to similar fisheries charges and the other person is yet to enter pleas.