In December 2020, Ngāti Hei applied a rāhui to stop the harvest of scallops from Opito Bay, Coromandel. The rāhui to prohibit all take of Tipa (scallops) within the entirety of their rohe, which extends out to the Mercury Bay Islands, and stretches from Whangapoua to Onemana on eastern Coromandel. The communities along the coastline of our rohe have been concerned about the decline of scallop populations for years. They are also concerned around the unconstrained harvest of and overfishing of scallops, especially when environmentally poor fishing methods such as dredging are used. Overfishing, destructive fishing methods, and continuous decline in quality of the marine environment means scallops are not given sufficient room to spawn and grow. The Coromandel scallop fishery has been fully closed by MPI to commercial and recreational fishing to allow it to recover.