10th March 2026 MPI / PauaMinistry for Primary Industries has opened consultation on a request by Roma Marae, Ahipara Marae, hapū, and community members for a two-year pāua closure at Tauroa Peninsula, Northland.
9th April 2025 Paua / SeafoodThe Kaikōura pāua fishery will open to recreational pāua-gathering for a four-month season from 1 May, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says.
25th November 2022 PauaSouthland’s Cando Fishing Limited and skipper Campbell David McManaway have been fined a total of $52,000 and given a three-year ban from pāua fishing after breaching set net restrictions and falsely reporting net lengths and catches.
