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Fish and Game New Zealand - Latest News [Page 25]
Looking for the ‘X factor’ in fish
Wednesday, 18 June 2014, 2:40 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
It’s spawning time on the Rotorua lakes – when a few trout heading upstream find themselves hauled off into a fishy talent show! More >>
Winter fishing hopes rise with spawning runs
Tuesday, 3 June 2014, 1:34 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Eastern Fish & Game staff are optimistic that winter anglers’ fortunes will soon be lifting – with some cold and rainy weather giving the trout spawning runs a push. More >>
Mallard season ends Auckland/Waikato
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 1:37 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Auckland Waikato Fish & Game is reminding hunters the season for mallard, grey and shoveler ducks ends on Queens Birthday Monday (6.30pm June 2,2014). More >>
Irrigation industry pushes pollution subsidy
Wednesday, 28 May 2014, 1:36 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game says Irrigation NZ’s scaremongering about nitrogen leaching limits should be seen for what it is – a push for a pollution subsidy. More >>
‘Pleasing response’ to duck band call to duck hunters
Wednesday, 21 May 2014, 10:58 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game says game bird hunters have responded well to the call for them to send in duck band details from birds they’ve bagged – with a prize draw speeding up the returns. Hunters who send their returns in before August 31, 2014, go in the ... More >>
Anglers urged to ‘have a say’ on proposed trout rules
Friday, 2 May 2014, 1:19 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Any anglers who have yet to have their say on proposed changes to trout fishing rules in the Eastern Fish & Game Region are urged to take up the opportunity. More >>
Fish & Game tips ‘great start’ for game bird season
Wednesday, 30 April 2014, 12:43 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Tens of thousands of hunters are expected to enjoy a great start to the new game bird hunting season which gets underway this Saturday (May 3, 2014) with ducks particularly plentiful in the South Island. More >>
Lake Pupuke trout release provides ‘quality fishing'
Tuesday, 29 April 2014, 12:14 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game officers are getting ready to release over 1000 catchable rainbow and brown trout in Lake Pupuke on Auckland’s North Shore, ahead of Lake Pupuke Challenge fishing competition. More >>
Game bird hunters warned to expect ‘friendly’ inspections
Wednesday, 23 April 2014, 10:53 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game officers are encouraging hunters to brush up on regulations and make sure they’ve bought a licence – and urging particular care over firearm safety as the season gets underway. More >>
Call for public enquiry into the future of farming
Thursday, 17 April 2014, 4:02 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game NZ is calling for a public enquiry “to examine the future of agriculture in New Zealand”. More >>
Tukituki decision a win for water quality and farming
Wednesday, 16 April 2014, 11:45 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
The draft decision by the Board of Inquiry (BOI) on the Tukituki Catchment proposal represents a significant win for freshwater management and the urgency of a transition to environmentally sustainable agriculture in New Zealand, says Fish & Game NZ. More >>
Compliance good, but anglers reminded to carry licence
Thursday, 27 March 2014, 9:38 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Central South Island Fish & Game is pleased the region’s recent ranging offensive netted only a handful of unlicenced offenders, but is frustrated by the number of anglers ‘Failing to Produce’ their licence upon request - simply not having their ... More >>
Appeal for ‘hardy volunteers’ for duck tracking study
Tuesday, 25 March 2014, 11:05 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game is appealing for two volunteers to help with crucial field research into mallard ducks. More >>
Kiwis wary of irrigation impacts on waterways
Monday, 10 March 2014, 9:49 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
A new independent survey shows an overwhelming majority of Kiwis don’t want large-scale irrigation schemes and intensive agriculture expansion if there is failure to protect downstream waterways so that they remain safe for swimming, fishing and food gathering. More >>
Kiwis say dairying has gone too far
Monday, 10 March 2014, 9:45 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
A new independent survey shows New Zealanders believe the economy is either too heavily dependent on dairy farming (37%) or the growth of intensive dairying has gone too far (31%). More >>
Early trout release in angler's best interests
Tuesday, 11 February 2014, 11:45 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game officers have released 1500 young trout, in the first release of the New Year, into lakes Tarawera and Rotoiti. More >>
Dairy desperately needs social licence to operate
Friday, 13 December 2013, 4:29 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
The latest Public Perceptions of the NZ Environment report puts even more pressure on the dairy sector to earn a social licence to operate from the Kiwi public, according to Fish & Game NZ. More >>
New event helps families into high country fishing
Friday, 29 November 2013, 1:57 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
A new Fish & Game event offers families the opportunity to have a high country fishing experience close to Christchurch. The family fishing day will be held from 9am until 3pm on Sunday the 8th of December at Lake Lyndon. This lake is located ... More >>
PCE report shows dairying out of control, Fish & Game NZ
Thursday, 21 November 2013, 9:35 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
A report released by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) today shows unlimited dairy growth over the past two decades has exacted too great a toll on New Zealand and its waterways and that this is set to continue for years to come, ... More >>
Waterway fencing does not go far enough
Tuesday, 19 November 2013, 6:22 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game NZ says if Fonterra is serious about addressing water quality and the dairy sector’s environmental performance it would require cows to be excluded from all waterways, including permanently flowing small streams and standing water. More >>
