Thread: No scallops again!

Originally Posted by stingray

So to end my rant, you need a biomass off hundreds probably thousands of tons of mussels and scallops filletering tasman bay
A to help suspend the nuterntes and particles that are chokeing Tasman bay,
B provide a base biomass to spawn and rebuild what was massive beds of filter feeders within the bay.
C habitat without this base settling silt etc will just continue to slug the waters up to a point of

To do this ...council / goverment and public need to buy into the rebuild ...engaging private sponsorship , commercial buy in the lot..this fishery is needs a lot of help now. It needs a huge injection of filter feeders and without them it will see Tasman bay become a sespit.

Question am I the person to lead this ...no probably not...but will I start the ball rolling ..yes!

What do I need ...some help contacts and real info regarding cost per ton for mussel either half grown or spat..resource consent etc ...this is where I will battle beaurocie vs passion ...I can see the end game they see red tape ...this what kills it for me ...so post ideas thoughts etc .

Thanks for reading Joe

I can most likely find out the approx cost of spat tomorrow.

Originally Posted by mikee

I can most likely find out the approx cost of spat tomorrow.

Cheers Mikee , that would be a starting point.