Two divers caught with more than 500 undersize scallops in their possession

Vigilant members of the public helped to nab two divers who were caught with more than 500 undersized scallops in their possession at Whangarei Heads. Initially, the fisheries officer found 52 scallops dumped on the water's edge apart from a catch bag in which there were another 176 scallops.
Subsequently, there was another haul and the total number of scallops came to 565 out of which 300 were under the legal size of 100mm.
The officers indicated that the duo would be facing charges under the Fisheries Act.
This has been reported in nzherald.co.nz dated 22 February 2017.

As per existing law, the daily limit per diver is 20 scallops and taking out so many of them at a time threatens the sustainability of the scallop fishery and, simultaneously, will have an impact on the number of scallops available to other people.
The two men along with their vehicle and dive gear have been seized and some of the scallops were returned to the sea.


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