Fisheries NZ proposes a special permit for targeted kina and sea urchin culling and increased recreational bag limits for kina in Auckland East to address kina barrens.
Fisheries New Zealand is seeking public feedback on two proposed measures to address kina barrens and rebalance local ecosystems. The proposals include a new special permit for targeted culling, harvest, or translocation of kina and long-spined sea urchins, and options to increase recreational daily bag limits for kina in the Auckland East Fisheries Management Area. Kina barrens are areas of rocky reef where healthy kelp forests have been consumed by an excess of kina, making it uninviting to other marine life.
March 25, 2024
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