Environment

Outrage over commercial fishing in Coromandel rāhui zone

08:45 am on 12 August 2021

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Coromandel's Eastern Peninsula community is outraged commercial fishing boats, donning pirate flags, are harvesting scallops in a rāhui zone. 

They were spotted in the area yesterday, which has been under a voluntary rāhui since December to allow scallop beds to recover.

Until Fisheries approves an application for a temporary ban on taking scallops there, the shellfish are fair game.

Ngāti Hei kaumatua Joe Davis spoke to Corin Dann.