Scientists have helped convict seven people and a Bay of Plenty fishing company, for illegally selling nearly 700 kg of paua over a 13 month period.
The black market paua that was seized represented almost a third of the allowable commercial catch in the local fishery zone which includes the Bay of Plenty, Auckland, Northland and the Waikato.
Dr Karyne Rogers, a Senior Scientist with GNS Science, in Gracefield, Lower Hutt explains how her team used stable isotope analysis to pinpoint exactly where it had been poached from.
