West Coast Fishing – An industry of opportunity


Exciting times for iconic industry

The fishing industry on the Coast is currently going through a period of real opportunity.

A number of projects are spearheading the growth of the industry and promise exciting times for one of the Coast’s iconic industries.  The decision to upgrade the Blaketown Lagoon slipway to cater for 200-ton vessels is a major plus for Greymouth. To compliment the slipway, a covered-in facility will be built so that repairs and maintenance of the vessels can be carried out indoors. The commissioning of a dedicated dredge to keep the lagoon at the correct depth also adds to the expansion of facilities and the construction and installation of extra mooring pontoons will create a boom in the fishing sector which is so important to Greymouth, the Coast and New Zealand.

Bruce Smith talks to Franco Horrigge about these majors improvements being undertaken around the Blaketown Lagoon.



Exciting times for iconic industry