Commercial Paua Divers | A Gallery from Extreme Diving in New Zealand | RNZ National

Lynda spent a day with father and son team David and Jason Baker from Saavid Diving Ltd, one of the larger commercial paua diving operations in Marlborough Sounds.

Tory Channel.

At the dive site winching the niad off the back of First Light.

Jason and David Baker, Saavid Diving Ltd.

The scupper and weight belt.

Lynda on the Niad.

David prepares to cast off to the dive site.

Feeding the float line to Jason.

Friendly mates say gidday, wet-fishing operation.

Navigating and radar devices aboard the first light.

Jason checks out the harvesting area.

Hunting on breath alone.

Harvseting kina 10m depth.

10m depth jason photos kina harvesting process.

Jason's kina catch bag.

David hauls the kina in.

Cracking open a kina.

A seafood delicacy the yellow roe of the kina.

First catch of kina.

A great legal sized paua (recreational catch).

Loading Jason's kina catch.

Loading the catch onto first light.

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