Former commercial fisher fined $50,000 for illegal seaweed sales

Wednesday 1 October 2025 · 5 outlets · 4 reports · updated Wed 1 Oct 2025, 4:57pm

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Ryan Campbell McManaway was fined $50,000 at the Invercargill District Court for illegally selling seaweed online. The 36-year-old was sentenced in his absence following a Ministry for Primary Industries prosecution regarding the sale of liquid seaweed fertiliser.

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1. StuffWed 1 Oct 2025, 2:32pm

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2. Otago Daily TimesWed 1 Oct 2025, 2:55pm

   Former fisher fined $50K over illegal seaweed scheme (opens in new tab)

3. 1NewsWed 1 Oct 2025, 3:30pm

   Former commercial fisher fined $50k for selling seaweed illegally (opens in new tab)

4. NZ HeraldWed 1 Oct 2025, 4:57pm

   Former Southland fisherman fined $50,000 for illegally selling seaweed fertiliser online (opens in new tab)