Sharing the bounty: The Kai Ika Project

AA Directions Magazine, Spring 2024

Chris Jupp spends his Thursdays elbow deep in fresh fish parts that might otherwise be bound for the bin. He fills bags, buckets and boxes with hundreds of kilos of fish heads and frames to distribute to members of the Wellington community, who treasure this bounty.

He is operating a satellite of LegaSea’s The Kai Ika Project, initially established in Auckland in 2016 to address the interconnecting issues of food insecurity and marine sustainability in New Zealand.

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