{"id":227687,"date":"2026-01-11T04:01:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T04:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227687\/"},"modified":"2026-01-11T04:01:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T04:01:09","slug":"northland-illegal-toheroa-and-tuatua-catches-prompt-fisheries-warning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/227687\/","title":{"rendered":"Northland illegal toheroa and tuatua catches prompt fisheries warning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Most offending will be dealt with through warnings or infringement notices, but Lal said prosecutions were being considered in cases involving toheroa and large quantities of tuatua<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remind fishers that taking a prohibited species, such as toheroa, can result in a $500 infringement in most cases, but if a person takes more than 50, they will be prosecuted through the courts,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lal said Northland has a 96% compliance rate, but urged anyone heading out fishing to make sure they knew the rules. <\/p>\n

He encouraged recreational fishers to download the free NZ Fishing Rules mobile app<\/a>, which works offline and provides the latest catch limits, closures and gear restrictions.<\/p>\n

Anyone who sees suspected illegal fishing can report it to the Ministry for Primary Industries\u2019 0800 4 POACHER line (0800 476 224).<\/p>\n

Sarah Curtis is a news reporter for the Northern Advocate, focusing on a wide range of issues. She has nearly 20 years\u2019 experience in journalism, most of which she spent court reporting in Gisborne and on the East Coast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Most offending will be dealt with through warnings or infringement notices, but Lal said prosecutions were being considered…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":227688,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[74,95,12024,9525,40570,60049,54249,135803,16484,15975,111,43,139,1067,3591,69,384,21271,50821,75525,14625,4758,1961,135801,135802,1455,3608,80],"class_list":["post-227687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-after","tag-and","tag-catches","tag-caught","tag-considering","tag-excessive","tag-fisheries","tag-harvesting","tag-illegal","tag-illegally","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-northland","tag-numbers","tag-nz","tag-people","tag-prompt","tag-prosecutions","tag-protected","tag-summer","tag-taking","tag-this","tag-toheroa","tag-tuatua","tag-warning","tag-were","tag-zealand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=227687"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/227687\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/227688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=227687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=227687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=227687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}