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Do We Need to Do Better WIth Stormwater and Catchment Management - YES!!
Date Posted: 25 Jun 2008 | 0 Comments
Wednesday June 25, 11:02 AM Newstalk ZB Story
Shellfish shock for Whangarei harbour
Unsafe levels of bacteria have forced health authorities to suspend harvesting of cockles in the Whangarei Harbour. Recent tests have shown a high level of faecal bacteria at Snake Bank.
Northland District Health Board spokeswoman Elizabeth Watts says all harvesting has been suspended indefinitely. She says authorities can’t predict or manage the pollution because they do not yet know what is causing it.
Ms Watts says in the meantime members of the public should not collect cockles from any area of the Whangarei Harbour.
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