Pāua poachers banned from fishing after repeat offences
5 Apr, 2021 07:31 AM
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Two repeat pāua poachers have been banned from fishing. Photo / 123RF
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Two repeat pāua poachers have been banned from fishing, both for three years.
A Lower Hutt man and a Napier man were sentenced last week, in unrelated cases, for repeatedly taking excess and undersize pāua.
Ionatana Sasi, 51, was caught by fishery officers in 2019 with 144 undersize pāua at Burdan s Gate near Eastbourne in Wellington.
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It was the second time in four years that he had been before the courts for stealing pāua in the area, the Ministry for Primary Industries said.
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Repeat pāua poacher from Napier handed fishing ban
1 Apr, 2021 03:13 AM
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Kelly Makoare was found with 52 paua in his boat at Pourerere Beach in Central Hawkes Bay in February 2020. Photo / File
Kelly Makoare was found with 52 paua in his boat at Pourerere Beach in Central Hawkes Bay in February 2020. Photo / File
A Napier man has been handed a three-year fishing ban after being caught with more than five times the daily limit of pāua.
Kelly Horowai Makoare was found with 52 pāua in his boat at Pourerere Beach in Central Hawke s Bay in February following an inspection by Ministry for Primary Industries Fishery Officers.
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