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Illegal fishing net in Auckland marine reserve caught pied shag, sharks and eagle rays - DoC investigating
16 Feb, 2021 04:33 AM
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Social issues reporter, NZ Heraldmichael.neilson@nzherald.co.nz
An illegal 120-metre long fishing net has been discovered in an Auckland marine reserve full of dead sea life including rays, sharks and seabirds.
A Department of Conservation ranger discovered the net in Motu Manawa-Pollen Island Marine Reserve, to the northwest of Auckland in the Waitematā Harbour, on February 2.
The net was attached by a milk bottle float and anchor at one end and tied to a mangrove tree on the shoreline.
DOC's Auckland Operations Manager Kirsty Prior says DOC takes these offences very seriously. "There are no excuses for setting nets in a marine reserve,.