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December 2006
Applying the precautionary approach in the Fisheries Act | Les Curtin - exemplary public servant | Stronger protection measures for vulnerable native dolphin | Ministry of Fisheries Satisfied with Scampi Finding | Minister getting anti-poaching message out for summer | Aquaculture growth in our regions | MFish approves staged development for Bay of Plenty marine farm | $2.9 million to help aquaculture development | Fisheries amendment to favour sustainability | New measures to combat bird deaths in swordfish fishery | Ministers approve Kupe/Kevin Smith Marine Reserve | Ministry seeks water-space valuation model | Minister proposes emergency action in swordfish fishery
October 2006
Jim Anderton launches Poaching is Theft campaign | Tuna talks end well for New Zealand (17 Oct) | Bay of Plenty iwi fisheries forum established | New Zealand calls for urgent action over southern bluefin tuna | This is not the end-point, this is a beginning (6 Oct) | Forest & Bird loose on facts and use of children | Ministry of Fisheries Postgraduate Scholarships in Quantitative Fisheries Science 2007 | Ministry of Fisheries wins Plain English award | Fishing restrictions proposed to reduce dolphin deaths | Fishy Art | New Annual Report 2006 | Getting more value from our Shared Fisheries
August 2006
New Ministry of Fisheries Stakeholder Web Survey (25 Aug) | Anderton addresses challenges for paua industry (4 August) | Government Addressing Squid Fishery Issues (4 August) | Minister supports rähui at Mt Maunganui (15 August) | New Zealand deeply concerned about bluefin tuna (23 Aug)
June 2006
Government gives go-ahead for marine farm in Jackson Bay (June 1)
April 2006
Imprisonment for paua poacher (April 13) | Fines for rock lobster offence (April 3)
February 2006
Arrest made for illegal paua stash (Feb 28) | Ministers of the High Seas Task Force to Announce Joint Initiatives against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (Feb 24) | Fishery Officers better trained and equipped now (Feb 21) | South Pacific fisheries future looks positive (Feb 17) | NZ calls for urgent action on high seas bottom trawling (Feb 14) | World's largest EEZ marine conservation measure proposed (Feb 14) | New Zealand Spearheads International Fisheries Agreement (Feb 10)
November 2006
Minister sets sea lion limit | Northern Hemisphere states block South Pacific fishing talks (13 Nov) | NZ continues to progress bottom trawling at the UN | Dire fisheries predictions do not include New Zealand | Marine Protection For NZs Subantarctic Islands (13 Nov)
September 2006
Minister announces reduction in orange roughy catch | NZ to take strong stance on bottom trawling (Sept 12) | Sustainability decisions for the 2006/07 fishing year | NZ welcomes Australian stance on bottom trawling (25 Sept) | Fine sends poachers an important message (21 Sept) | MFish and NIWA establish fisheries science scholarship (20 Sept) | New shellfish species into the Quota Management System (6 Sept) | Fisheries Services and Conservation Services Cost Recovery Levies for the 2006/07 Fishing Year (1 Sept)
July 2006
New era for aquaculture ahead (27 July) | Minister Supports Rähui In Ohiwa Harbour (21 July) | Anderton addresses changing times for recreational fishing (14 July) | Scallop season begins (13 July) | Fisheries sustainability review underway (11 July) | Kingfish release a great initiative (11 July)
May 2006
Consultation on additional fisheries services begins (18 May) | Surveying our scallops (11 May) | Surveying Northland scallops (11 May)
March 2006
Long-serving fishery officer seizes new opportunities (March 30) | Preliminary go-ahead for New Zealand’s largest marine farm (March 22) | Paua seized in Wellington (March 17) | Antarctic expedition supports case for MPA (March 8) | Illegal, unreported, unregulated fishing demands immediate action (March 2) | Changes to Regulation 27 customary fishing take effect (March 1)
January 2006
Seizure of Rock Lobster and Pauas (Jan 10) | Hefty penalty imposed for threatening Fishery Officers (Jan 13) | Talks To Commence On Allocation In Shared Fisheries (Jan 16) | Endangered Leatherback Turtle An Unusual Find (Jan 17) | 100 kilos of Paua seized (Jan 27) | Marine Protection Planning System Modernised (Jan 29) | Busy Month for Christchurch MFish Compliance Staff (Jan 31)
Updated : 16 November 2007