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Uncertain Future For Fishing And Hunting Under Resource Management Act Reforms
Sunday, 18 June 2023, 7:00 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
The proposed law to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA) heralds a major challenge to the future of freshwater fishing and game bird hunting, says Fish & Game New Zealand. The Government’s Natural and Built Environment Bill (NBE) aims to ... More >>
De-intensify Agriculture Only Way To Save High Country Lakes
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 10:46 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
The declining state of Canterbury’s high country lakes shown in a new Ministry for the Environment report highlights that intensive agriculture should never have been allowed in these sensitive ecosystems, says Fish & Game New Zealand. ... More >>
Repeat Offender Angler Pleads Guilty To Four Charges
Tuesday, 23 May 2023, 9:22 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
A repeat offender dealt with by Fish & Game was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling $3,530 in the Timaru District Court for multiple sports fishing offences committed at the Mackenzie Basin hydro canals. The hydro canal fishery is the most ... More >>
Fish & Game Calls For Support To Farm Recovery Effort
Sunday, 21 May 2023, 5:42 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game is calling on anglers and hunters to reach out to farmers still cleaning up from the devastation of cyclone events earlier in the year. Chief executive Corina Jordan says many landowners are still struggling to get their lives and livelihoods ... More >>
Excellent Conditions For Game Bird Season Opening Weekend
Saturday, 6 May 2023, 5:45 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
More than 65,000 New Zealanders are believed to have turned out for the opening morning of the game bird season with low cloud, a bit of wind, and in some cases, rain, meaning excellent hunting conditions. "Some of the wettest spring and ... More >>
Fish & Game Calls For Water Conservation Orders To Be Enforced
Sunday, 30 April 2023, 7:25 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game New Zealand is urging regional councils to step up and protect New Zealand’s rivers and lakes by enforcing Water Conservation Orders (WCOs). WCOs are the highest level of protection that can be afforded to any water body and are ... More >>
Cracking Season On The Cards As Opening Weekend Looms
Friday, 28 April 2023, 2:33 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Thousands of landowners throughout the country will once again welcome friends and family onto their properties for the game bird hunting season, which starts the first weekend in May [May 6 & 7]. Taking in those hunting in permitted areas on ... More >>
Fish & Game Scientists Research New Zealand’s Rivers With Electric Fishing Technology
Wednesday, 19 April 2023, 10:01 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
The effects of barriers to fish passage on native species and trout in Taranaki, and a recovering kōaro and eel population in Nelson/Marlborough are among the insights gained in an electric fishing research programme carried out by Fish & Game. ... More >>
New Zealand Losing Fight For Healthy Freshwater
Sunday, 16 April 2023, 5:34 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
New Zealand is losing its way in the fight to protect the health of lakes and rivers, says Fish & Game New Zealand. "The latest report on the state of freshwater in New Zealand by Stats NZ and the Ministry for the Environment paints a damning ... More >>
New Leadership Appointed For The Central South Island Fish And Game Council
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 1:02 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
The Central South Island Fish & Game Council (CSIFG) announces the appointments of its new Chief Executive, Steve McKnight and Council Chair, Linn Koevoet. Timaru-based Steve McKnight comes to CSIFG most recently from Timaru District Council and from ... More >>
Regional Council Must Act On Deadly Botulism Outbreaks
Sunday, 19 March 2023, 7:14 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
An outbreak of avian botulism in Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland that has killed thousands of waterfowl including some rare indigenous species is yet another wake-up call for urgent action, says Fish & Game New Zealand. The latest outbreak ... More >>
River Guardians Back In The Water
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 12:49 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game has launched a diving programme to monitor New Zealand’s trout populations and assess the health of the nation’s waterways. Fish & Game staff equipped with diving gear will drift and glide down hundreds of kilometres ... More >>
Proposed Law Turns Back On Kiwi Way Of Life
Friday, 3 February 2023, 3:44 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
People who enjoy the outdoors for recreation, fishing and hunting will lose rights under the Natural and Built Environments Bill. Fish & Game New Zealand chief executive Corina Jordan says the proposed replacement for the Resource Management ... More >>
Game Bird Habitat Stamp Winner For 2023 Announced
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 5:49 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
A photo of a Californian quail strutting along a fence line is the image that will adorn the 2023 Game Bird Habitat Stamp. Each year Game bird hunters pay an additional $5 for their game bird hunting licence to conserve the habitat of New Zealand’s ... More >>
Game Bird Habitat Stamp Winner For 2023 Announced
Thursday, 2 February 2023, 12:41 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
A photo of a Californian quail strutting along a fence line is the image that will adorn the 2023 Game Bird Habitat Stamp. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2302/d7dac50a8a2bb712d158.jpeg" width="720" height="480"> Each year Game bird hunters ... More >>
Call To Halt Decline Of Wetlands Ahead Of World Wetlands Day
Tuesday, 31 January 2023, 11:28 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
New Zealanders are being encouraged to consider creating and preserving wetlands to help halt the decline of these threatened habitats across the country. Just nine per cent of the country’s original wetlands remain, and Fish & Game is ... More >>
Ranging Operation Catches Out Several Anglers At Canals
Thursday, 26 January 2023, 4:23 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
A joint Fish & Game ranger training and night-ranging operation held over the weekend of 21-22 January resulted in several sports fishing offences being detected at the Mackenzie hydro canals. Twelve Central South Island and North Canterbury Fish ... More >>
Stunning Weather Greets High Country Anglers
Tuesday, 8 November 2022, 11:56 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Beautiful weather greeted the thousand-odd anglers who celebrated the Canterbury High Country fishery opening at the weekend. The calm conditions that greeted anglers enjoying the high country's stunning scenery also enabled easy fish spotting. On ... More >>
Fish & Game Alarmed At Forestry Report
Friday, 28 October 2022, 11:34 am | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game is alarmed at a recently released report which shows the pace and extent of farmland being converted to forestry in Aotearoa New Zealand. Chief executive Corina Jordan says the scale of the land-use change, which is having a ... More >>
Anglers Out In Force For Start Of The Season
Thursday, 29 September 2022, 1:46 pm | Fish and Game New Zealand
Fish & Game NZ is expecting a "massive" turn-out of anglers this weekend for the opening of the new freshwater fishing season which kicks off Saturday, October 1. Chief executive Corina Jordan says the start of the new season seldom ... More >>
