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Crab crowd chaos
http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/local/news/crab-crowd-chaos/3908072/
About 1000 people collecting crabs caused Christmas chaos at a BreamBay beach, leaving mountains of rubbish and upsetting other beachusers.
The crowd converged on the beach between Uretiti and Waipu onChristmas Day and left with thousands of paddle crabs in buckets,bags, boxes and bins.
The Auckland visitors also offended locals who had spent the dayhelping tow their cars out of soft sand and warning them aboutbeach-driving safety.
Residents spent the weekend clearing trailerloads of rubbish off the beach, including chicken carcasses used as crab bait.
They are disgusted by human excrement and toilet tissue left among the dunes.
On Christmas Day, vehicles choked the carpark near the beach entryoff Waipu Tip Rd and were parked haphazardly for almost 1km along theroad.
Many had to be towed out after attempting to drive on to the beachand the entry ramp, busy after the Whangarei District Council closeda beach entry point at Ruakaka, has been made almost undriveable. Atone point, the police were called after an Asian man allegedlythreatened a local man with a knife.
The local man, who asked not to be named, had spent much of the daytowing stuck vehicles up the increasingly gouged-out ramp. He hadasked a woman to get clear of vehicles using the difficult access.
She replied with a volley of abuse and her male companion approached him allegedly waving a fishing knife.
At that point Ruakaka surf lifesaver Sam Jenkins arrived on a quadbike, having raced along the beach to warn beachgoers of sharksightings.
He said he saw a woman yelling and swearing at a local man as her boyfriend approached with a knife in his hand.
Mr Jenkins described the Christmas Day scene as
"definitely not a normal day".
A few days before Christmas he had noticed several strangers withcrab pots. The next day there were dozens but on Christmas Day therewere about 1000, he said. The Northern Advocate was told news oflarge numbers of paddle crabs at Bream Bay had spread around theAuckland Chinese community via the internet.
Uretiti resident Dick Stevenson said the community was reeling.
Whileother behaviour had rankled locals, he said the biggest problem was therubbish. He and his wife had collected trailerloads off the beachand neighbours had filled dozens of rubbish bags.
The chicken carcasses, other rubbish and human excrement posed public safety and hygiene issues, he said.Police officers called to deal with the alleged knife confrontation could not be reached for comment.
Crabby over beach hordes
http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/local/news/crabby-over-beach-hordes/3908227/
A perceived "culture clash" over behaviour on Ruakaka and Uretiti Beaches has raised fighting talk from local iwi.
It has also led to a call for foreign-language signs explaining protocols at local beach accesses.
Up to 1000 Asian people, thought to be mainly from Auckland, converged on the area on Christmas Day to collect paddle crabs. Hundreds have done the same on other days.
The onslaught has upset local iwi Patu Harakeke, who say their cultural values and a traditional kaimoana resource is being plundered. Spokesman Paraire Pirihi described the scene as "like a goldrush".
An Auckland Chinese leader has apologised for the bad impression the collectors have left. "Here it's very exciting for them to be able to collect free food," Chinese Conservation Education Trust founder Estella Lee said.
Mr Pirihi said had more local people been on the beach at Christmas there might have been "trouble".
He has called a meeting for Patu Harakeke to discuss the issue. He said the community needed to explore how newcomers might be educated about traditional and local values.
"We would like the Chinese or other Asian communities to help resolve this issue. It comes down to the food chain.
If everyone takes 20 crabs and there are thousands of people, what does that do?
"We know how to manage traditional kaimoana reserves. And you don't come here and begin to fight and argue."
Beach users have complained about human excrement, used toilet paper and disposable nappies being left littering the dunes after the group visited. People have also reported thousands of dead crabs lying above the high-tide mark.
Martin Bakker of Whangarei said signs in other languages should be erected about acceptable beach behaviour.
He said the sight that greeted him at Uretiti Beach last week had been "disgusting" - plastic bags full off rotting fish and offal, and dead crabs everywhere.
He would like to see a beach warden there - "ensuring people are behaving reasonably". He thought the Northland Regional Council should take some responsibility.
New Zealand Chinese Association president Steven Young was unavailable for comment.
Ministry of Fisheries field operations manager Darren Edwards said no complaints had been lodged with the Ministry of Fisheries.
He accepted signs in different languages outlining rules and regulations might be needed.
Firm claims collectors hitting crab revenues
http://www.northernadvocate.co.nz/local/news/firm-claims-collectors-hitting-crab-revenues/3908302/
A Whangarei commercial crab fishing company says an onslaught of hundreds of recreational crab collectors on Bream Bay beaches has affected its
business.
Ronllyn Benton and Jim Francis, from Premier Crabs (NZ) Ltd, say their catch and sales have dropped off markedly during what is normally the busy season.
There have been reports of large numbers of people coming up from Auckland and collecting crabs from Ruakaka and Uretiti beaches.
Ms Benton said she believed much of what was being taken from the beaches was being sold illegally in Auckland.
Orders have "suddenly" stopped from Auckland markets and seafood outlets Premier Crabs has supplied for six years. But there were still large supplies of crabs for sale at those places, Ms Benton said.
"So where are they getting them from? Jim met a [man] who was catching crabs on the beach and he said he had a target to reach to take back to 'his boss' in Auckland or he wouldn't get paid," she said.
While revenue was down, the company still had to pay about $1500 a month for its quota, and carry other commercial costs, unlike recreational or illegal fishers, Ms Benton said.
A MAF officer said inspectors had worked the beaches since becoming aware huge numbers of crab collectors were visiting the area.
He said he had checked several groups on Wednesday and they had complied with the limit of 50 crabs per collector.
"There were no problems," he said.
Only people who had actively collected crabs themselves were allowed to take them off the beach. Anyone who collected 150, for example, and then shared them among three people, was breaking the law.
There is no size limit on paddle crabs, and no restriction on pots or recreational collection methods.
Ms Benton said commercial operators had been lobbying the Ministry of Fisheries for a size restriction for some time.
"We only take crabs over 100mm. That's our way of looking after the future supply. We're really pushing for a size limit." |
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