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Crayfishing

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Watch crayfishing in the late 1960s at the Chatham Islands. It was a boom time for the crayfishing industry, and some fishermen made a lot of money exporting lobster tails by air freight to the United States.

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Carl Walrond, Fishing industry – Inshore boom, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/6288/crayfishing (accessed 24 June 2026).

Story by Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2009.