A North Otago pair have been ordered to do 360 hours community work, along with being placed on 12 months supervision for online sales of poached pāua. Sheryl Maafu (49) and Niuila Maafu (59) were sentenced in the Oamaru District Court yesterday .
Fisheries New Zealand (FNZ) is asking for feedback on proposed changes to catch limits and other settings across a range of Aotearoa New Zealand’s fisheries as part of its twice-yearly sustainability review. Every six months FNZ reviews a range .
New Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the Northland east coast because of paralytic shellfish toxins. In addition, it has extended an existing shellfish biotoxin warning from Cape Kidnappers .