Fears scallop beds will not last in Coromandel Residents and iwi are now calling for urgent action from the minister to officially recognise a rāhui application and help save Coromandel’s scallop beds. Photo: NIWA. '); } else { // } The Government’s decision to “drag the ball and chain” on a two-year rāhui application has created friction in an eastern Coromandel community as it awaits a bay full of commercial boaties for the beginning of the scallop season. Ngāti Hei – with the backing of various community groups – requested a two-year ban on scallops under section 186A of the Fisheries Act in February.