Using a set net off the shore to get kahawai has been customary practise for many Golden Bay families. I heard about the ban hearsay, and far too late, just the day before Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash and Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage gave their fait accompli press release. What bach doesn’t have a set net stashed in an old fish bin or sack in the shed? I’ve loved my 25m-long kahawai net and make no apologies for using it over the last four decades, mainly along Parapara Beach. I wonder if the Minister of Conservation in particular has read this document?

Source: Stuff July 24, 2020 17:01 UTC