Consecutive poor seasons and fuel prices have affected the oyster fishery - and the town of Bluff.
Herepaenga Witehira (left) and Tia Selwyn speed-shucking oysters.
How do you like your oysters?
"Raw, vinegar and pepper, beer, batter, oyster soup, seafood chowder... any way," Bluff oysterman John Edminstin told Country Life.
He's been dredging Bluff oysters for over 50 years, and with the 2026 season over, he's done for good.
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