7 Jun 2017

Emergency meeting held over Stewart Island bay parasite found

From Morning Report, 7:51 am on 7 June 2017

An emergency meeting is to be held in Wellington today, a week after the lethal parasite Bonamia ostreae was detected in a Stewart Island bay; leading to strict rules around moving shelfish being imposed on Friday. Now Bluff oyster fishermen want all farmed oysters pulled out of the sea ASAP.