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Boat seized after three men caught with 99 snapper at Kawakawa Bay in the Hauraki Gulf
11 Mar, 2021 04:15 AM
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Some of the 99 snapper caught on a boat at Kawakawa Bay. The boat has been seized and the three men on board face prosecution. Photo / Supplied
Some of the 99 snapper caught on a boat at Kawakawa Bay. The boat has been seized and the three men on board face prosecution. Photo / Supplied
NZ Herald
Fishery officers have seized a boat that was caught in the Hauraki Gulf with almost five times the legal limit of snapper.
The three men on the boat were caught with 99 snapper between them inside a mussel farm near Kawakawa Bay east of Clevedon on Wednesday, and are likely to face prosecution.