by Editor | Mar 22, 2023 | News
The Coromandel scallop fishery has been fully closed to commercial and recreational fishing to allow it to recover. Most of the Coromandel scallop fishery and all of the Northland scallop fishery were closed in 2021 due to sustainability concerns, says Fisheries New...
by Editor | Dec 15, 2022 | News
The two remaining open areas in the Coromandel scallop fishery will close, after new information showed scallops are in decline. “I am invoking emergency measures to close the fishery,” Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker said today. A new camera-based survey...