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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 scallo...

A Coromandel community that rallied to protect its dwindling scallop beds feels its wishes have been ignored but Niwa says it had no other choice.

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 m...

Press Release – Coromandel Scallop Restoration Programme 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 … 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 Zeala...

Press Release – Coromandel Scallop Restoration Programme 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 … 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 Zeala...