It’s a marine reserve. Only place in NZ where they are in shallow enough to see really. They used to be shallow water species but were pressured out deeper due to their aggressive hunting style making them easier pickings for coastal fisherman
@@stealthy919 gotcha, but the way the Hapuka were behaving reminded me of the way Snapper and Blue Cod used to behave in Goat Island reserve when people fed them
Delicious! Love your ethos about looking after the Fiordland fishery Darren. I HAVE to get there sometime
Such a magical place all right! those Puka would’ve been a pretty special sight to see. Love the footage Darren, Thankyou
Wow, that looks nice and stress free spearfishing. No huge swell like here, plenty of good fish.
That's a divers paradise ✨️ 😍
So good 👌🏽 we have nothing like that in Australia
Very cool, wish I was there! Have the Hapuna @ 5:35 been fed before as that doesn’t seem like natural behaviour?
It’s a marine reserve. Only place in NZ where they are in shallow enough to see really. They used to be shallow water species but were pressured out deeper due to their aggressive hunting style making them easier pickings for coastal fisherman
@@stealthy919 gotcha, but the way the Hapuka were behaving reminded me of the way Snapper and Blue Cod used to behave in Goat Island reserve when people fed them