Story: Seafood
Initially cheap and readily available, crayfish became a luxury item when an export trade developed after the Second World War. Island Bay fishermen caught crayfish from the 1930s to the late 1980s from the coastal reefs around Cook Strait. Before the 1980s, crayfish were either sold locally or their tails were frozen and exported, mainly to the United States. Since the 1980s most commercial catches have been freighted live to Asia.
About this item
Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1985/4647/24-F
Photograph by Phil Reid
Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Matauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
