Some of the 99 snapper caught on a boat at Kawakawa Bay. The boat has been seized and the three men on board face prosecution. Photo / SuppliedFishery officers have seized a boat that was caught in the Hauraki Gulf with almost five times the legal limit of snapper. The three men on the boat were caught with 99 snapper between them inside a mussel farm near Kawakawa Bay east of Clevedon on Wednesday, and are likely to face prosecution. Some of the 99 snapper found on the boat at Kawakawa Bay.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 11, 2021 04:42 UTC