A paua poaching operation has been busted by one of the
biggest fisheries surveillance operations undertaken in
Dunedin, the Ministry of Fisheries says.
Police will be increasing patrols around farmland in the
Catlins area near the Otago/Southland border after two
hoggets were stolen from a property over the weekend.
Central Otago farmers signed up for an anti-poaching
initiative, fearing a repeat of an incident last year in
which a woman was killed when a hunting party spotlighting
mistook her for a deer.
