Two people have admitted to selling rock lobster gathered with authorisation for whanau gatherings.
Jason Barron Brown, 38, and Linda Maria Douglas, 41, both from Hastings, admitted seven charges of intending to obtain a benefit by knowingly selling fish.
Brown had received authorisations by a kaitiaki to gather rock lobster for whanau gatherings but instead, with Douglas' help, sold some of the lobster. Fisheries regulations allow kaitiaki to authorise the gathering of fish in quantities and sizes which may normally breach fisheries legislation, for the purposes of a hui or tangi.
*** Note: The crayfish were sold from a Hastings' address.
Re: Rules Abuse.
Posted by GaryK on 11/7/2013, 5:18 pm, in reply to "Rules Abuse."
This could do with some reviewing I reckon. There is no reason that Kaitiaki should be able to legalise the capture of undersized fish (crayfish, shellfish) just because there are no legal ones left.The snapper don't know where the car park is! Sometimes it is better to travel than to arrive.
on 11/7/2013, 8:53 am