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Fishery officers make big paua haul at Makara
Friday, 24 April 2009, 12:20 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Fishery officers make big paua haul at Makara Fishery officers seized over 100 kg of paua and apprehended five people after an operation at Makara, Wellington on Wednesday 22nd of April. More >>
Preliminary Firth of Thames aquaculture decision
Tuesday, 14 April 2009, 1:43 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries has made a preliminary decision to approve the 1,783 hectare Wilson Bay Interim Aquaculture Management Area in the Firth of Thames. Of this area, 520 hectares has been zoned for shellfish farming, with the remainder being access-ways ... More >>
Second paua poaching king pin sentenced
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 5:03 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Black market paua dealer Saravuthy Mao was sentenced to 3 years imprisonment in the Wellington District Court today. Mr Mao was the leader of a North Island black market paua ring. Earlier this week, the leader of another black market ring – Mr Su – ... More >>
Greedy paua fishers exception in Hawke’s Bay
Thursday, 9 April 2009, 10:42 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Honorary Fishery Officers seized several hundred paua in routine patrols of Central Hawke’s Bay beaches last weekend. The seizures included 177 paua at Mangakuri and a further 55 undersize paua at Blackhead Light. Napier Fishery Officers also apprehended ... More >>
Head of Wellington paua ring sentenced
Wednesday, 8 April 2009, 8:57 am | Ministry of Fisheries
The recently convicted head of a Wellington paua poaching ring - Wei Wen Raymond Su - was sentenced to seven months home-detention and 200 hours community service in the Wellington District Court today. In addition, Su’s two vehicles and other ... More >>
Observer report of severed arm in trawl net a hoax
Thursday, 2 April 2009, 2:42 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Statement from the Ministry of Fisheries on observer report of severed arm in trawl net In an attempted April Fools Day joke a Ministry of Fisheries observer on a deepwater fishing vessel operating at sea made a report of a severed human arm being found ... More >>
Black market net closes in Southland
Tuesday, 31 March 2009, 12:23 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Nearly 30 Fishery officers and police closed the net on a Southland black market fish ring in the early hours of this morning. The operation revolves around two Southland commercial fishers, alleged to have been supplying blue cod, rock lobster and oysters ... More >>
Waihi Man Fined $1500 For Excess Pipi
Friday, 27 March 2009, 5:23 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
A Waihi man who took more than 10 times his legal daily limit of pipi at Port Waikato was fined $1500 and ordered to pay court costs of $130 when he appeared in the Waihi District Court on March 26. More >>
‘Dodging fur seals’ lead to photo competition win
Wednesday, 25 March 2009, 10:24 am | Ministry of Fisheries
The winners of the 2009 Ministry of Fisheries photography competition have been announced. Mark Armstrong, from Waihi, was chosen as the overall winner of the competition with his picture ‘Dodging with fur seals’. This picture of fur seals playing beside ... More >>
‘Big fat oyster’ seller cops big fat penalty
Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 11:41 am | Ministry of Fisheries
A Gisborne sickness beneficiary has been sentenced to 150 hours community service after he was caught illegally possessing and selling oysters and pipi at Gisborne’s Alfred Cox Flea Market. More >>
Sentencing sends message to commercial fishers
Monday, 16 March 2009, 11:22 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Last week's heavy sentencing of three Polish crewmen on board the vessel, FV Atria, sends a clear message to the fishing industry that the Ministry of Fisheries monitors the activities on vessels closely and offenders will be prosecuted seriously. More >>
New paua friendly plastic fishing knife
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 5:23 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries has introduced a new plastic paua knife to help divers take paua from rocks without injuring them. The tool was developed in conjunction with the Paua Industry to improve the survival rates of paua which are returned to ... More >>
Paua poacher gets community service
Friday, 27 February 2009, 11:42 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Brett Mathew Riki, 38, of Rawene was convicted in Kaikohe District Court on Thursday, 19 February 2009, for possessing 41 excess and undersize paua. More >>
Commercial fisherman convicted
Thursday, 19 February 2009, 5:02 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Commercial fisherman Pedro Diaz, 53 from Kaitaia, was fined $16,000 in the Kaitaia District Court last week for eight serious offences against the Fisheries Act. He was also ordered to forfeit a chiller truck, two commercial fishing vessels and associated ... More >>
Three men apprehended in paua poaching crackdown
Wednesday, 18 February 2009, 11:32 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Fishery officers in Christchurch continued their crackdown on paua poachers by apprehending three men observed acting suspiciously near the Sumner boat ramp. Fishery officers made a detailed search of the area and found three sacks containing 350 paua hidden ... More >>
Officers seize boat after illegal crayfish take
Tuesday, 17 February 2009, 4:51 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Fishery officers seized a $15,000 boat last Friday, 13 February in Wanaka after an initial search by honorary fishery officers found the two divers using the boat had taken 41 rock lobster, nine of which were below the minimum legal size limit. The ... More >>
Police and fishery officers catch paua plunderers
Monday, 16 February 2009, 4:32 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Two Auckland men were apprehended in a joint action by police and fishery officers in the Coromandel on the 3 February after a member of the public reported their suspicious activity. Coromandel police stopped the men as they were leaving the Coromandel and ... More >>
Man convicted of plundering Marine Reserve
Monday, 16 February 2009, 11:54 am | Ministry of Fisheries
An unemployed man Julian Hoogland, 32 from Gisborne was convicted, in Gisborne Court on 3 February, and sentenced to 200 hours community service and forfeit his dive gear for taking seven rock lobster, five of which were undersized, and three kina ... More >>
5 Northland men nabbed in Paua sting
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 5:07 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Five local Northland men will be facing serious charges after fishery officers conducted a surveillance operation targeting paua divers taking excess and undersize stocks on Northland’s west coast, which took place on Thursday 5 February. More >>
Seafood store owner assaulted fisheries officers
Wednesday, 11 February 2009, 4:59 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
An Auckland man who hit two fishery officers with his car was sentenced to nine months supervision, 75 hours community work, and ordered to attend an anger management programme in the Auckland District Court on Tuesday. More >>
