Taranaki kaimoana ban given legal teeth

Photo / Te Korimako o TaranakiFormerly based on respect, the ban now has legal teeth. The two-year legal ban begins today, just before the summer holidays, when hapū of Taranaki iwi feared a fresh assault on seafood stocks. The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries David Parker acknowledged hapū concerns over “the erosion of kaimoana resources along the Taranaki coast. Kaumātua Mahara Okeroa is over the moon with the legal ban on kaimoana gathering. All but one hapū of Ngāruahine have requested another s186A legal ban over another 30 kilometres of coastline as far as Hāwera.