There are plenty of snapper in Hawkes Bay at the times the snapper are supposed to be here. And a few surprises as well.Change of light and before midnight seems to do it. The last few years have produced some trophy fish for Pania club members.
The boat fishers do well all summer and most torpedo fishers boast about the snapper they catch.
A reduction in commercial effort seems logical. Seems no one is game to release any hard data. Bet they do before the election though!