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Fish and Game New Zealand - Latest News [Page 22]
Spawning trout hint at 'solid catches’ ahead
Friday, 28 August 2015, 1:26 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
With well over 1000 trout passing through the Te Wairoa trap on Lake Tarawera so far this spawning season, Fish & Game staff are optimistic that some top notch fishing lies ahead. More >>
Last chance to bag some game birds
Thursday, 27 August 2015, 11:23 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game is urging gamebird hunters to make the most of the last weekend of the gamebird season and bag some upland game birds – pheasants and quail – for the table. More >>
More options as 2015-16 Fishing Licences go on sale
Thursday, 20 August 2015, 11:58 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Freshwater anglers have a wide range of new freshwater fishing options to choose from as Fish & Game’s 2015-16 trout and salmon licences go on sale today (August 20). More >>
Monster trout hooked in Northland
Monday, 17 August 2015, 2:31 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
An angler has hooked and landed what is believed to be the biggest trout ever recorded from Northland’s Kai Iwi lakes. More >>
‘Nine ways to catch a fish’
Monday, 17 August 2015, 2:19 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game New Zealand is preparing to introduce four new types of fishing licence to provide more choice and flexibility – so both current anglers or newcomers to the sport can buy a licence that “best fits their lifestyle.” More >>
Fish & Game elections – anglers, hunters urged to stand
Monday, 17 August 2015, 2:10 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
“If you’re passionate about trout fishing and hunting and have some firm ideas on how to manage these pursuits – here’s your chance.” More >>
Fish & Game appeal : ‘Please send us your duck details’
Tuesday, 11 August 2015, 2:40 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game officers have made an urgent appeal for game bird hunters to send in any duck band information they have – after a “disappointingly slow” response to the annual call for returns. Senior Fish & Game Officer Matthew McDougall says ... More >>
Fish & Game Calls for Fonterra to Lift Its Game
Thursday, 6 August 2015, 12:10 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game says Fonterra needs to lift its game after the dairy giant was fined $174,000 for several pollution offences under the Resource Management Act. More >>
Fish & Game Hails Ruataniwha Decision
Friday, 26 June 2015, 7:36 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game is welcoming as a “significant victory” the Ruataniwha Board of Inquiry’s final decision on the conditions which would govern the controversial Hawkes Bay dam and irrigation project. More >>
Fish & Game urges the Government to act on water warnings
Friday, 19 June 2015, 5:36 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game urges the Government to act on the Environment Commissioner’s Warnings on Declining Water Quality More >>
Fish & Game Demands Answers Over Taupo Trout Deal
Thursday, 11 June 2015, 2:36 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game is meeting the Office of Treaty Settlements to get answers over a controversial proposal to allow Ngati Tuwharetoa to raise trout in Taupo’s existing trout hatchery facilities. More >>
Large North Island area closing to duck hunting
Friday, 29 May 2015, 1:08 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Make the most of this weekend – that’s the message sent out by Fish & Game officers with the mallard and grey duck season set to close this Queen’s Birthday Monday ( June 1) in the Auckland /Waikato and Eastern Regions. More >>
One game bird season closes, others still open
Thursday, 28 May 2015, 2:08 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game message – one game bird season closes, others still open While the end of the hunting season for mallard and grey ducks is looming in the Eastern Fish & Game Region (Queen's Birthday Monday, June 1, 2015) - there are weeks ... More >>
Fish & Game stocks up Lake Tutira with young trout
Thursday, 21 May 2015, 7:12 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Lake Tutira’s trout population is set to receive part of its annual boost – as Hawkes Bay Fish & Game releases more than 2000 young trout. More >>
East coast rivers ‘fire up’ as trout launch spawning runs
Wednesday, 20 May 2015, 12:31 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Anglers on the east coast of the North Island are reporting some great fishing as trout settle into their spawning runs. The Ruakituri is one river that’s been “on fire” over the last couple of months, according to Fish & Game’s Eastern ... More >>
Fish & Game applauds ‘law abiding’ game bird hunters
Monday, 4 May 2015, 4:20 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game rangers say its pleasing to see that a “responsible majority” of hunters in the North Island stuck to the rules as the new game bird season opened at the weekend. The new season began early on Saturday morning, with bags varying ... More >>
Happy hunters’ despite blue skies and sun
Monday, 4 May 2015, 1:40 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
As shotguns rang out early on Saturday morning, many hunters were soon sitting back down to enjoy a cuppa in the maimai – as the morning dawned clear and calm across much of the South Island. More >>
New game bird season delivers ‘mixed bag’ for hunters
Sunday, 3 May 2015, 10:34 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
There have been some very mixed fortunes for thousands of hunters who have turned out today, as the new game bird hunting season opened (May 2) – with the weather dealing “good cards” to the ducks. More >>
Fish & Game hopes for ‘improved prospects’ for North Island
Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 2:32 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Thousands of game bird hunters will turn out this Saturday (May 2, 2015) – with hopes for a better season in the North Island – with duck numbers generally reported to be healthier after some lean years. More >>
Fish & Game expects ‘great start’ to gamebird season
Wednesday, 29 April 2015, 2:03 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game expects ‘great start’ to gamebird season Gamebird hunters across the South Island will have welcomed this week’s rain – the most significant rain event in some regions this year – ahead of the season’s opening this Saturday ... More >>
