Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 1:28 pm
A new report shows some scallop beds off the Coromandel
coast are unlikely to recover from their current depleted
state, and locals are concerned that ongoing dredging will
threaten the future of the delicacy.
The report
summarises a dive survey commissioned by the New Zealand
Sport Fishing Council in 2020. In some areas of Opito Bay
divers had to swim on average 26m2 to find a single legal
size scallop.
Opito Bay was one of the last popular,
surviving scallop beds around the eastern side of the
Coromandel.
Warren Maher, a Coromandel Scallop
Restoration team member and President of Tairua-Pauanui
Press Release – Coromandel Scallop Restoration Programme A new report shows some scallop beds off the Coromandel coast are unlikely to recover from their current depleted state, and locals are concerned that ongoing dredging will threaten the future of the delicacy. The report summarises a dive survey commissioned …
A new report shows some scallop beds off the Coromandel coast are unlikely to recover from their current depleted state, and locals are concerned that ongoing dredging will threaten the future of the delicacy.
The report summarises a dive survey commissioned by the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council in 2020. In some areas of Opito Bay divers had to swim on average 26m2 to find a single legal size scallop.
Press Release – Coromandel Scallop Restoration Programme A new report shows some scallop beds off the Coromandel coast are unlikely to recover from their current depleted state, and locals are concerned that ongoing dredging will threaten the future of the delicacy. The report summarises a dive survey commissioned …
A new report shows some scallop beds off the Coromandel coast are unlikely to recover from their current depleted state, and locals are concerned that ongoing dredging will threaten the future of the delicacy.
The report summarises a dive survey commissioned by the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council in 2020. In some areas of Opito Bay divers had to swim on average 26m2 to find a single legal size scallop.