Food / Environment

Kaikoura's recreational paua fishery reopens with lower limits

08:51 am on 17 April 2023

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Fisheries officers have spent the weekend monitoring Kaikoura's recreational paua fishery as the season reopens.

It's just the second season since the 2016 earthquake which devastated the fishery.

The season is off-peak to protect paua numbers.

Ingrid Hipkiss spoke to Howard Reid, the Regional Compliance Manager for Fisheries New Zealand.