Whitianga - Whitianga-a-Kupe / Bay of Plenty - Te Moana-a-Toi / Coromandel - Te Tara-o-Te-Ika-a-Māui
The breadbasket of New Zealand is home to many aquaculture famers and inshore fishers. Dallas and Mark have a wide range of experience and skills to offer in helping you find the support or advice you need.
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Dallas Yearbury
Whitianga - Whitianga-a-Kupe / Bay of Plenty - Te Moana-a-Toi / Coromandel - Te Tara-o-Te-Ika-a-Māui
I live at Cooks Beach in the Coromandel with my partner and son. I grew up in Whitianga from the age of eleven and love what the area offers: close-knit community, fishing on our doorstep and our little “slice of paradise”. My family have been bottom longlining out of Whitianga for the last 38 years so are no strangers to hard graft!
This has given me a working knowledge of the industry and of the various fishing methods and some insight into what goes on behind the scenes of an ever-changing industry. I’m looking forward to giving something back to the fishing industry to the best of my ability.
Mark Armstrong
Whitianga - Whitianga-a-Kupe / Bay of Plenty - Te Moana-a-Toi / Coromandel - Te Tara-o-Te-Ika-a-Māui
I was born in Taupo and schooled in Tokoroa, and I’ve been fishing and diving for nearly 50 years. In the late 90’s I was a skipper for the Gisborne Volunteer Coastguard. I’m happy to have been working with NZ’s seafood industry for over three decades, including over twelve years as a Fishery Officer.
I now have my own company, and my work mostly involves advising on fisheries compliance operational matters and QMS administration.
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