Wednesday, 12 May 2021, 1:28 pm A new report shows some scallop beds off the Coromandel coast are unlikely to recover from their current depleted state, and locals are concerned that ongoing dredging will threaten the future of the delicacy. The report summarises a dive survey commissioned by the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council in 2020. In some areas of Opito Bay divers had to swim on average 26m2 to find a single legal size scallop. Opito Bay was one of the last popular, surviving scallop beds around the eastern side of the Coromandel. Warren Maher, a Coromandel Scallop Restoration team member and President of Tairua-Pauanui