Eastern Fish and Game - Latest News [Page 6]
Students Hooked on Trout Rearing
Monday, 11 July 2011, 12:40 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Students at Whakatane High are becoming pretty successful at rearing trout – with help from the experts. The Year 12 marine studies students grow the trout in their own aquarium which is kept chilled to the cool 12 degrees that trout favour – and ... More >>
Last Chance for Crack at Game Birds
Wednesday, 29 June 2011, 1:06 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Click on the image to view the website and the full size image Pheasants can be hunted until August 28th. More >>
Popular Trout Lakes Close for Winter Rest
Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 5:01 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
The season for boat fishing is drawing to a close on three of Rotorua’s lakes Thursday, (June 30th, midnight) – but there’s still plenty of other sport fishing opportunities. More >>
More than 45,000 Trout Released into North Island Lakes
Thursday, 16 June 2011, 10:14 am | Eastern Fish and Game
North Island lake trout stocks have received a huge boost – with Fish & Game releases topping the 45,000 mark, and more set down for spring. More >>
Bugs’ Boost for Fish & Game’s Trout Breeding
Monday, 13 June 2011, 3:47 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Veteran fly fisher ‘Bugs,’ aka John Wilson, is generous with tips for novices on how to fish his favourite spot – Tarawera Landing. The Rotorua bricklayer known to all as Bugs, has fished the Landing for over 40 years and “hasn’t missed a ... More >>
Kaitime Takes Close Look at Trout, Cooking 'n Eating
Monday, 13 June 2011, 3:42 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Top-rating Maori Television show Kaitime has turned its cameras on trout – and the people who breed them by the thousand to re-stock the country’s lakes. The show’s crew spent a day with staff from Fish & Game’s Eastern Region last Thursday ... More >>
Hunters Brave Wild Weather for Duck Season Opening
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 5:06 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Duck hunters have won praise for sticking to the rules around the Eastern Fish & Game Region – in a patchy weekend opening to the game bird hunting season. More >>
Illegal Fishers Caught at Ohau Channel
Tuesday, 10 May 2011, 2:57 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Fish & Game officers have issued a reminder to anglers over the rules for fishing the Ohau Channel near Rotorua – after two men were caught fishing without licences – and using illegal gear. More >>
Backpack Transmitters Spill Bird Secrets
Wednesday, 4 May 2011, 1:00 pm | Eastern Fish and Game
Ducks in the Bay of Plenty are giving up some of their lifestyle secrets – through radio transmitters they’ve been fitted with in a high flying research project. Fish and Game attached the transmitters to 50 ducks at Little Waihi near Maketu in ... More >>