Tracy NealOpen Justice multimedia journalist, Nelson-Marlborough·NZ Herald·10 Jun, 2026 05:00 AM6 mins to readMussel harvesting in the Marlborough Sounds. An aquaculture operator and transport firm have been fined for shifting green-lipped mussels from an area known to be infected with a parasite affecting flat oysters to an area in the lower South Island still free of it. Photo / Tracy NealA shellfish company and a trucking firm moved mussels from a zone infected with a bacteria and risked introducing it to one of the world’s last remaining viable wild flat oyster fisheries.
They’ve now each been fined for moving “risk goods” multiple times over a year without a permit,
