Fisheries New Zealand is considering prosecutions after people were caught this summer illegally harvesting protected toheroa ...

Fisheries officers are appealing to the public to ensure they’re up to speed with the rules around collecting toheroa now that the rare shellfish are making a comeback to 90 Mile Beach. Ministry for ...

Two Northland men have each been fined $500 after been caught illegally taking more than 40 of the rare and culturally precious shellfish, toheroa, from 90 Mile Beach. The toheroa fishery was closed ...

Two men have been fined after being caught illegally taking more than 40 rare shellfish from 90 Mile Beach. The pair have been fined $500 each after being caught with 43 toheroa from the beach - a ...

Shellfish have been taken off the menu along a large swathe of Northland’s west coast this festive season due to a high paralytic shellfish toxin risk. New Zealand Food Safety (NZFS) is advising the ...

A Western Southland man caught with 86 toheroa near Tuatapere in January has been fined $1100. Taylor Unahi, 75, of Tuatapere, was apprehended with the shellfish in the back of his Toyota by Fisheries ...