date:Feb 27, 2014
A Māori fishing company, scientists and engineers have joined forces to help refocus the New Zealand scampi industry from frozen commodity production to live export trade to realize its estimated NZD 200 million (USD 166 million, EUR 121 million) annual export potential.
The initiative is being led by Cawthron Institute in collaboration with Waikawa Fishing Company, University of Auckland and Zebra-Tech.
Program leader and Cawthron scientist Shaun Ogilvie said the initiative marks the first m