{"id":46757,"date":"2022-07-26T11:46:35","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T02:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jul\/26\/keep-starfish-off-the-barbecue-new-zealanders-call-for-rockpool-protections"},"modified":"2022-07-26T11:46:35","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T02:46:35","slug":"keep-starfish-off-the-barbecue-new-zealanders-call-for-rockpool-protections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=46757","title":{"rendered":"Keep starfish off the barbecue: New Zealanders call for rockpool protections"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As over-harvesting of edible creatures adds to pressures on shoreline ecosystems, local groups and iwi urge temporary bans <\/p>\n<p>New Zealanders are calling for authorities to restrict the pillaging of the country\u2019s rockpools and shorelines, amid fears that a taste for shellfish, limpets, octopuses and barbecued starfish is disrupting ecosystems and driving some species toward extinction.<\/p>\n<p>Around the North Island, local groups and iwi (M\u0101ori tribes) have been lobbying for temporary bans on gathering from rockpools and shorelines, with claims people have been indiscriminately harvesting bucketfuls of creatures and barbecuing them on the beach.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2022\/jul\/26\/keep-starfish-off-the-barbecue-new-zealanders-call-for-rockpool-protections\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As over-harvesting of edible creatures adds to pressures on shoreline ecosystems, local groups and iwi urge temporary bans New Zealanders are calling for authorities to restrict the pillaging of the country\u2019s rockpools and shorelines, amid fears that a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2034,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[265,41,468,56,94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animals","category-asia-pacific","category-marine-life","category-new-zealand","category-wildlife"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2034"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=46757"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46757\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":46758,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46757\/revisions\/46758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=46757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=46757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=46757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}