He Rāhui – School Journal Level 3 June 2023

This article examines the rapid decline in scallop numbers due to overfishing and pollution and the efforts being made to recover and save the species. Read about how a decline in tipa (scallop) available for harvesting spurred a group into action to protect the species from overfishing.

Keywords: ban, climate change, community, dredging, environment, indigenous knowledge, kaimoana, kaitiaki, kaitiakitanga, ocean, overfishing, pollution, rāhui, resource management, scallops, sea, shellfish, sustainability, tikanga, tipa, ocean life, sea life,