11th December 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the Kawhia region on the west coast of North Island due to the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins.
22nd November 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is extending its advisory to the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the East Coast of the North Island due to the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins.
17th November 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is extending its advisory to the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the East Coast of the North Island due to the presence of paralytic shellfish toxins.
13th November 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from the Northland east coast because of paralytic shellfish toxins.
2nd November 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from Hawke Bay due to the presence of toxins.
13th October 2023 Food Safety / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from near Tolaga Bay due to the presence of toxins.
5th October 2023 Aquaculture / ShellfishA new quality mark designed to assist customers and consumers identify genuine, high-quality Greenshell mussel powder has been launched.
4th October 2023 Food Safety / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety has removed the public health warning against collecting shellfish from the Raglan Coast.
29th September 2023 Food Safety / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety is advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish gathered from part of the South Island’s Queen Charlotte Sound due to the possible presence of toxins.
15th September 2023 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety has issued a public health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested from the Raglan coastline.
14th June 2023 Research / ShellfishA new study is analysing whether mussel farms could help reduce nitrogen in New Zealand’s waters.
19th April 2023 Fisheries / ShellfishA new initiative hopes to restore the Hauraki Gulf’s mussel beds back to their former abundance.
16th March 2023 Legal / ShellfishA pāua poacher who took 249 of the shellfish from the Kaikōura fishery, nearly half of them undersize, has been sentenced to seven months imprisonment.
8th February 2023 SFFF / ShellfishEnvironmental Decontamination Limited has found a way to turn thousands of tonnes of annual waste mussel shells into calcium carbonate, a high-value product used in a range of industrial products.
14th December 2022 Fisheries NZ / ShellfishThe two remaining open areas in the Coromandel scallop fishery will close due to a large decline in scallops, says Oceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker.
22nd September 2022 NZFS / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety has today removed the public health warning against collecting shellfish from the Taranaki Coast – from Albatross Point to Oakura Beach.
5th September 2022 Food Safety / ShellfishNew Zealand Food Safety has extended a public health warning against collecting shellfish in the Waikato region and pushed out the relevant area south to the Taranaki region.
18th August 2022 Food Safety / ShellfishThe Ministry for Primary Industries has issued a public health warning against collecting shellfish from the West Coast of the North Island in the Kawhia Harbour area.
25th May 2022 MPI / ShellfishFisheries New Zealand has completed a survey following the re-opening of the Kaikōura coastline to pāua fishing for a limited season from 1 December to 28 February, after being closed for nearly five years following the 2016 earthquakes.
17th February 2022 Fisheries NZ / ShellfishThe Environmental Defence Society wants stronger long-term protection measures to manage north-eastern scallop stocks.
8th February 2022 Food Safety / ShellfishPublic health warnings are in place for people not to collect and eat shellfish on the South Island’s West Coast because of unsafe levels of toxins.
2nd December 2021 Fisheries NZ / ShellfishKaikōura’s pāua fishery has re-opened after being closed for five years following the 2016 earthquakes.
6th October 2021 Fisheries / ShellfishKaikōura’s pāua fishery, which has been closed since the November 2016 earthquakes disrupted local seabeds, is to reopen.
30th September 2021 Research / ShellfishA project is under way to determine whether Aotearoa New Zealand’s long-defunct rock oyster industry can be revived.
9th September 2021 MPI / ShellfishThe Ministry for Primary Industries will close the east Coromandel scallop fishery for two years following a request from the Ngāti Hei Trust, which has concerns around the sustainability of stocks.
1st September 2021 Biosecurity / ShellfishBiosecurity New Zealand says it is strengthening its testing processes for the oyster parasite Bonamia ostreae after a review found that human error contributed to incorrectly interpreted results being reported for Foveaux Strait in March.
11th August 2021 Recall / ShellfishParoa Bay Oysters is recalling specific batches of Paroa Bay brand Raw Fresh and other oysters due to them being suspected in causing cases of foodborne illness.
22nd July 2021 MPI / ShellfishThe Ministry for Primary Industries has removed the public health warning against collecting shellfish from the Hawke Bay.
22nd June 2021 Legal / ShellfishA serial offender will face serious charges under the Fisheries Act after thousands of empty pāua shells were discovered at his home during a search warrant executed by MPI fishery officers.
18th June 2021 Food Safety / ShellfishThe Ministry for Primary Industries has warned the public against collecting shellfish in Hawke’s Bay due to high toxin levels detected in shellfish samples from Pania Reef.
9th June 2021 MPI / ShellfishThe Ministry for Primary Industries will present the results of its oyster testing for the Bonamia ostreae parasite in the Foveaux Strait.
20th May 2021 ShellfishThe Ministry for Primary Industries is seeking feedback on a proposal to reopen the Kaikōura Marine Area to pāua fishing later this year.
19th May 2021 ShellfishAs seafood lovers head to sold-out Bluff Oyster and Food Festival, MPI widens testing for parasite found in the region.
4th May 2021 ShellfishThe gathering shellfish is no longer permitted at east Auckland’s Cockle Bay/Tuwakamana beach.
21st April 2021 Festival / ShellfishThere will be no scallops at this year’s Whitianga Scallop Festival due to a rahui on the collection of the shellfish.
7th April 2021 ShellfishA Lower Hutt man and a Napier man have each received three-year fishing bans.
24th March 2021 ShellfishNgāti Hei Trust has asked the government to close parts of the eastern Coromandel coast for two years.
9th November 2020 PGF / ShellfishThe money will help clean up the oyster beds and rebuild the farm.
