In 1964 the main fish caught in Chatham Islands waters was cod. However, in 1968, 5,900 tonnes of crayfish was exported from the islands, mostly overseas. Howard Page describes the scene when he arrived to hunt for crayfish about a year after the boom started.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PA-Group-00685)
Reference: EP/1968/4295/9a
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