Hawke s Bay man sells 97 black-market crayfish, sentenced to home detention
13 May, 2021 11:39 PM
2 minutes to read A Hawke s Bay man has been sentenced to home detention after selling 97 illegally harvested crayfish on the black-market. Photo / Tina Schrider A Hawke s Bay man has been sentenced to home detention after selling 97 illegally harvested crayfish on the black-market. Photo / Tina Schrider
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Christian Fuller
A Hawke s Bay man has been sentenced to home detention after selling close to 100 illegally harvested crayfish on the black-market.
Quentin Teremoana Hawkins sold 97 recreationally caught crayfish from the Waimarama area between December 2018 and March 2019.
The 46-year-old pleaded guilty to 12 charges under the Fisheries Act and was sentenced at Hastings District Court on Thursday to four months and two weeks home detention.
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.
It is illegal to sell crayfish caught recreationally. A subsequent MPI investigation called Operation Uncle discovered sales of illegally caught crayfish from the Waimārama area, between December 2018 and March 2019. Hawkins pleaded guilty to 12 charges under the Fisheries Act in relation to 97 illegally harvested crayfish, and on Thursday appeared in Hastings District Court, where he was sentenced to 4½ months’ home detention. Two other people are involved – one has pleaded not guilty to similar fisheries charges and the other person is yet to enter pleas. At the time, the wholesale value of the 97 crayfish Hawkins sold was about $4801.50. Hawkins received between $1455 and $1940 on the black market.