Govt outlines plans for aquaculture reformThe government today announced plans for the future shape of the country’s aquaculture industry as...
More...[12 August 2010]
Northland paua thieves nabbedEarlier this week Fishery Officers apprehended three groups of people diving for paua on...
More...[10 June 2010]
Ministry to open new office in fishing hot spotThe Ministry of Fisheries announced today that it will be opening a new office in Kaikoura later...
More...[10 June 2010]
South Island black market fish sales stopped in their tracksThe Ministry of Fisheries has stopped a number of South Island commercial fish dealers who have...
More...[10 June 2010]
Major recreational fishing survey gets go-aheadThe largest study into recreational fishing in a decade will commence this year, Fisheries and...
More...[10 June 2010]
Greedy snapper thieves lose car and boat, face likely prosecutionTwo men who took 130 snapper and then tried to hide them from Fishery Officers have had their car...
More...[10 June 2010]
Paua plunderer fined $3500 and told: “Hands off the shellfish!”A Tauranga man who took 40 undersized paua from the Mount Maunganui area has been fined $3500 and...
More...[10 June 2010]
Inner Tasman Bay commercial fishing closureThe inner Tasman Bay is to be closed to commercial fishing using some fishing methods from 27 April...
More...[10 June 2010]