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Press Releases 2010

Northland fishery patrols net paua pillagers | Deepwater and HMS National Fisheries Plans Approved by the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture | Northland fishery cases in court | Public consultation on proposed marine farming zone in the Coromandel | Fishery Officers rammed in serious incident | Marlborough blue cod fishery to reopen | Tis the season for fish aggregation | Fishing ‘burglars’ caught in night patrols | Fishing messages not always getting through | Rock lobster fishers apprehended in Napier | Guilty pleas in commercial fishing cases | Fish for Tomorrow | Minister acknowledges fisheries volunteers | Minister welcomes opening of Kaikoura fisheries officeFishery Officers seize $100,000 of boats in six days | Greedy few spoil great Labour Weekend on Coromandel | Coastal policy supports fisheries and aquaculture | Ministry welcomes new Fishery Officers, launches summer awareness programme | Deepwater crab research promoted | Rocky landing for paua poachersScallop Season Opens | Consultation on set net closures begins | Government Aquaculture Unit Director appointed | Blue Cod Management Consultation Opens | Pilot whale and squid information | Kaikoura rāhui renewed | Porirua paua plunderer jailedMFish seeks public’s views on kahawai fishery | Bay of Plenty fish poacher nabbed | Management of the squid fishery | Sea lion management based on expert scienceNorthland paua thieves nabbed | Govt outlines plans for aquaculture reform | Ministry to open new office in fishing hot spot | South Island black market fish sales stopped in their tracks | Major recreational fishing survey gets go-ahead | Greedy snapper thieves lose car and boat, face likely prosecution | Paua plunderer fined $3500 and told: “Hands off the shellfish!” | Inner Tasman Bay commercial fishing closureWhangateau Harbour cockle and pipi fishery to close | Commercial fisheries value cracks $4 billion | High Court rules on dolphin legal challenge | Undersized kingfish could cost mate’s boat | Fisheries poacher hotline gets results | Ministry urges fishers to respect shellfish limits | Aquaculture reform progressing | Two boats and a car seized as holiday fishers ignore the rulesIwi to discuss delivery of Aquaculture Settlement | Foreign vessel admits fishing illegally in New Zealand waters | Paua poaching prosecutions highlight need for community vigilance | Largest Haul of Undersize Paua in Hawkes Bay This Year | Temporary fishing closure for Maunganui Bay, Bay of Islands | Minister to lead industry visit to China and Japan | First reading of Aquaculture Amendment Bill | Prison for persistent paua poacher | Enforcement underpins fisheries sustainability | Northland fishers apprehended | Aquaculture Amendment Bill introducedUmupuia Beach rāhui renewed | Kahawai catch limit decision announced | Fishing charter boat reporting under way soon | New rules for East Otago fishery | New species entering fishing quota management system | Catch limit changes for important fish species – hoki and orange roughy | Changes to fishing catch limits announced | Illegal paua seller lands $2500 fine | Convicted fish poacher loses vehicles, boat and smokehouse | Paua poaching at Whales | Fisheries law breach proves costly | Scallop selfishness in the Sounds | Northland scallop fishery offendingFisheries catch limit proposals based on sound science | Fishing web of deceit unravelled | Government outlines next steps in aquaculture reform | International Fisheries Conference underway in Auckland | Top of the South scallop season opens | Unique videos of orange roughy give scientists new insights | MFish seeks public’s views on deepwater fisheries | Minister meets with Pacific colleagues | Coromandel paua plundered | Tasman Bay aquaculture space approvedMinistry of Fisheries welcomes Maersk Shipping’s announcement on New Zealand fisheries | New Zealand fisheries are well managed | Fisheries research programme will give more information | Major research boost for deepwater fisheries | Repeat fisheries offender sentenced | Two years’ jail for big paua theftNew Zealand orange roughy fisheries are well managed | Auckland scallop season closes on 31 March | Changes to fishery catch limits announced | Commercial fisher nets $4000 fine, loses boat | Whangateau Harbour cockle and pipi fishery closing | Summer fisheries programme a success | Call for Applications - Environmental Certification Fund | Cautious approach central to NZ fisheries management | Bladder kelp consultation opens | Tauranga man gets 200 hours for illegal pauaNorthland paua poachers apprehended | Marlborough Sounds recreational fishing study results published | Greedy paua poachers target Tairua | Ministry of Fisheries moves house in Dunedin | Alleged rock lobster poachers face prosecution | Public fisheries vigilance paying off | Ignoring rules costs Whangamata crayfish gatherers | Change to Mussel Catch Limit at Mount Maunganui Mataitai Reserve | First big paua bust in Canterbury this year | Every Fish Counts in Northland this summer | Every Fish Counts in Wairarapa this summer | Ministry thanks all our fisheries guardians
Updated : 10 June 2010