E iwa ngā waka takutai a Sanfords hei āpiti atu ki tōna tāruru moana waiwai, ā ka matua whai i ngā Tāmure, Araara, Tarakihi, Hoki me Orange Roughy. Ka haoa ēnei waka neke atu ki te rima tekau ngā momo ika, he hau katoa. Mai i ngā roa tekau mā waru mīta ki toru tekau mā rua mīta te roa o ngā momo waka, ā, ka hao ika mai 20 ki 1000 mīta te hōhonu o te wai.
Kē atu he takiwhā, takirima rainei ngā hēremana ka whakarāpopoto iho te wā i runga i te moana kia mōhio mārika he ika hou katoa ka haoa. Kei tēnei tāruru waka e rua ngā waka aho roa ka hao Tāmure ki a Auckland, ngā waka hao ika e rima ka tau matua ki a Auckland, me e rua ngā waka hao ika ka tau ki Timaru. He waka hao ika takutai nō ētahi atu umanga ake kua riro i ngā kirimana ki te hao-ā-roherohenga. Ka haoa kē atu ēnei momo waka ki ngā takutai Tairāwhiti me Hauāuru i te Ika a Māui me ngā takutai Tairāwhiti o teWaka a Māui.