A group of South Island fishermen claim to have come into contact with aerially distributed 1080 bait pellets in early December while guiding a fishing party in the Mokihinui River valley.
An aerial 1080 operation on that day was being flown by helicopter contractors completing pest control work for the Department of Conservation’s Battle for our Birds programme and OSPRI’s TBfree programme.
An aerial 1080 operation on that day was being flown by helicopter contractors completing pest control work for the Department of Conservation’s Battle for our Birds programme and OSPRI’s TBfree programme.
Details of any incident are unclear as no report has been received, but all 1080 application operations are clearly regulated under the Hazardous Substances and New Organisms (HSNO) Act and consents are issued by appropriate authorities including the Ministry of Health. No breaches of consents in the Mokihinui operation have been recorded.
Information about the timing and location of aerial operations is notified to all land users and operators in the region, and is publically available. Factsheets containing maps detailing the location and boundaries of the operation are published, as required by the consenting process.
Public notices outlining the location and timing of the operation were published in newspapers ahead of the operation.
Tourism concessionaires operating in the region are provided with operational maps and details on the planned timeframes, including the contact details for the contractor. For this operation, notification to concessionaires occurred on three separate occasions throughout the delivery of the Mokihinui aerial operation, which was completed on Friday 2 December.
ENDS
Information about the timing and location of aerial operations is notified to all land users and operators in the region, and is publically available. Factsheets containing maps detailing the location and boundaries of the operation are published, as required by the consenting process.
Public notices outlining the location and timing of the operation were published in newspapers ahead of the operation.
Tourism concessionaires operating in the region are provided with operational maps and details on the planned timeframes, including the contact details for the contractor. For this operation, notification to concessionaires occurred on three separate occasions throughout the delivery of the Mokihinui aerial operation, which was completed on Friday 2 December.
ENDS
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