Maui’s Dolphin Mortality NZ recognised for fisheries monitoring control and surveillance Recreational fishing survey - coming to a boat ramp near you Marlborough blue cod fishery opening for summer ‘Please call’ plea from Fishery OfficersMAF salutes its volunteers Enquiries follow Southland paua shell find NZ plays important part in international fishing stingTauranga fishing trawler likely to be seized following apparent black market activity Akaroa paua poachers pingedForensic first in fish investigation – big fine imposedGreedy fisher loses boat, faces prosecutionCheckpoint paua haul has sequel in courtHonorary Fishery Officers rescue drowning boy Large Northland paua haul Smart fishing solution complimented by Mayor Award-winning mobile fishing technology, summer education programme launched Submissions received by Inquiry into Foreign Charter Fishing Vessels Dolphin management measures announced Oyang 75 leaves Port Lyttelton Merged MAF focuses on Growing and Protecting NZ Alleged repeat paua thief nabbed in GisborneDisease affecting Southland kanakana/lamprey Gisborne king tides net large haul of undersize paua Big fisheries operation in Taranaki 33 apprehended for Northland paua poachingForeign Charter Fishing Vessel Inquiry Submissions Close Soon Aquaculture enters new era Minister acknowledges Navy role in high seas fisheries compliance Minister acknowledges Antarctic science workChanges to fishing catch limits announced Kaikoura diver sentenced for paua poaching Waikato-Tainui take on joint fishery management Wairarapa Fishery Officers intercept illegal paua NZ investing in sustainable Pacific fisheriesFishers called on to follow the rules during RWC celebrationsSubmissions Invited on Foreign Charter Fishing Vessels Under-declaring fish could have big cost for Tauranga commercial fisherman Scallop fishers urged to play by the rules Bluff bliss for Rugby World Cup visitors Vehicle, boat seized after Thames man caught selling fish in Auckland West Coast mataitai reserves announced Five marine reserves announced for West Coast Paua poaching prison sentence upheldMinisterial Inquiry panel and TOR announcedPoachers receive big fines for Pauanui paua greedNew law supports sustainable aquaculture Amendments strengthen aquaculture legislationIsolation didn’t stop fisheries apprehensionMinisterial inquiry into Foreign Charter VesselsPaua poaching court success in Gisborne, Opotiki Ministry of Fisheries investigation into fishing vesselTop of the south scallop season opening soonRecreational fisher apprehended selling oystersHakihea mataitai reserve announced Thieves get custodial sentences for big paua haul Science shows hoki recoveredGisborne man sentenced for threatening Fishery OfficerNZ ratifies South Pacific Fisheries ConventionSentencing in Gisborne rock lobster case Putting PAID to paua poaching Marlborough blue cod fishery reopens
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