Pāua stocks across the Taranaki coastline are in a state of decline. To eat it is a delicacy and to collect it is a tradition, but greed and harsh environmental changes are devastating Taranaki's pāua stocks. Despite strict daily limits and numerous operations to stop poaching, Taranaki's pāua stocks are in decline. SIMON O'CONNOR/Fairfax NZ He says pāua stocks along the coast of Waitara are disappearing. JOHN VELVIN/STUFF Marine biologist Nicole Sturgess is coordinating a citizen science project surveying black-foot pāua at two Taranaki reefs.

Source: Stuff November 08, 2019 20:01 UTC