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Have Your Say On Proposals To Help Address Kina Barrens
Tuesday, 26 March 2024, 11:01 am | Fisheries New Zealand
Fisheries New Zealand is seeking feedback on two proposed measures to help address kina barrens and rebalance local ecosystems. The proposals include a new special permit for targeted culling, harvest, or translocation of kina and long-spined sea ... More >>
Hector’s Dolphin Capture Triggers Actions
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 12:41 pm | Fisheries New Zealand
A single Hector’s dolphin caught in a fishing net off the Otago peninsula has triggered actions designed to provide further protection from fishing activity. "As a nationally vulnerable species, the loss of any Hector’s dolphin is extremely ... More >>
Group Of Fishers Fined $10,500 For Possession Of Over Nine Times Combined Snapper Limit
Friday, 6 October 2023, 10:51 am | Fisheries New Zealand
A group of recreational fishers caught with a total of 348 fish, including more than nine times their collective daily limit for snapper, has been fined $10,500. The five fishers – Tai ah You (46), Laupagigi Tupua Siliva (69), Lameta Kasiano ... More >>
Catch Limit Changes For 10 Fish Stocks In Regular Sustainability Review
Thursday, 21 September 2023, 11:13 am | Fisheries New Zealand
Catch limits and allowances across a range of fisheries will change from 1 October 2023 as part of Fisheries New Zealand’s regular sustainability review. The changes are part of a 6-month cycle of catch limit reviews conducted by Fisheries New Zealand, ... More >>
Poacher Who Sold 4,664 Crayfish Valued At Nearly $300,000 Sentenced To Over Two Years In Prison
Wednesday, 23 August 2023, 6:19 pm | Fisheries New Zealand
A Wairoa man who poached crayfish that had a commercial value of nearly $300,000 has been jailed for two years and two and a half months. John Nohotima (60) was today sentenced in the Wairoa District Court on one representative charge for the offending ... More >>
More Than 20 Fishing Vessels Inspected During New Zealand-led South Pacific Fisheries Patrol
Friday, 11 August 2023, 10:06 am | Fisheries New Zealand
Fisheries compliance officers from New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, France, and the United States have detected nearly 40 alleged breaches of high seas rules during a major South Pacific patrol. Called Operation Nasse, the fisheries patrol covered ... More >>
Feedback Sought On A Draft Plan For Wairarapa’s Commercial Pāua Fishery
Monday, 26 June 2023, 3:17 pm | Fisheries New Zealand
Fisheries New Zealand is inviting people to have their say on a draft Pāua Fisheries Plan for the commercial pāua fishery along the Wairarapa coast within the PAU 2 quota management area. Fisheries New Zealand’s acting Director Fisheries Management, ... More >>
Nelson fishing company, skipper & first mate fined nearly $70K for failing to assess & weigh coral when bottom trawling
Tuesday, 13 June 2023, 5:06 pm | Fisheries New Zealand
A Nelson fishing company, skipper and first mate have been fined a total of $69,750 for failing to assess and report coral caught in their net when bottom trawling on the high seas in the South Pacific. Westfleet Fishing Limited was fined $56,250, ... More >>
Have Your Say On Sustainability Measures For Aotearoa’s Fisheries
Wednesday, 7 June 2023, 1:39 pm | Fisheries New Zealand
Tini a Tangaroa Fisheries New Zealand is asking for feedback on proposed changes to catch limits and other settings across a range of Aotearoa New Zealand’s fisheries as part of its twice-yearly sustainability review. "Every six months we review ... More >>
Northland Commercial Fisher Fined $26,500 For Not Reporting 2.5 Tonnes Of Snapper
Tuesday, 18 April 2023, 1:42 pm | Fisheries New Zealand
A commercial fisher who failed to report about 2.5 tonnes of mostly Snapper, along with some Kahawai and Gurnard, has been fined $26,500. Hamish Robert Apatu (54) was sentenced yesterday (April 17) in the Kaitaia District Court on three charges under ... More >>
Have Your Say On Proposed Additional Methods Used By Surface Longline Fishers To Protect Seabirds
Monday, 27 March 2023, 11:22 am | Fisheries New Zealand
Tini a Tangaroa Fisheries New Zealand is asking people to provide feedback on proposals to strengthen rules to protect against the accidental capture of seabirds in the surface longline fishing vessels. “New Zealand is home to the most diverse seabird ... More >>
Members Of Black Market Cray Fish Poaching Ring Sentenced To Home Detention, Community Work
Thursday, 23 March 2023, 4:13 pm | Fisheries New Zealand
Members of an East Coast black market crayfish poaching ring, which netted thousands of dollars in illegal sales, have been sentenced to home detention and community work. The sentences, made in the Whakatane District Court on March 22, ... More >>
Coromandel Scallop Fishery To Remain Closed
Friday, 17 March 2023, 11:11 am | Fisheries New Zealand
The Coromandel scallop fishery has been fully closed to commercial and recreational fishing to allow it to recover. Most of the Coromandel scallop fishery and all of the Northland scallop fishery were closed in 2021 due to sustainability concerns, ... More >>
New Zealand Joins International Alliance To Support Global Efforts To Combat Illegal Fishing
Wednesday, 8 March 2023, 11:08 am | Fisheries New Zealand
Aotearoa New Zealand has joined an international alliance to further support the global fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The IUU Fishing Action Alliance, launched by the United Kingdom, United States, and Canada ... More >>
Entries Are Open For The 2023 Seafood Sustainability Awards
Tuesday, 28 February 2023, 10:39 am | Fisheries New Zealand
New Zealanders doing the hard mahi to ensure the sustainability of our fisheries and aquaculture should put their hands up for the Seafood Sustainability Awards, says Dan Bolger, Deputy Director-General Fisheries New Zealand. The Seafood Sustainability ... More >>
Feedback Sought On Proposed Catch Limits For Northland Rock Lobster
Tuesday, 10 January 2023, 11:08 am | Fisheries New Zealand
Fisheries New Zealand is inviting people to have their say on proposed catch limits and settings for the Northland rock lobster fishery, known as CRA 1. Acting Deputy Director-General for Fisheries New Zealand, Mat Bartholomew, says the proposals form ... More >>
Careful Fish Handling Can Help Support Sustainable Fisheries
Friday, 9 December 2022, 10:37 am | Fisheries New Zealand
New information on the survival rates of snapper that are caught, then released, could help fishers save hundreds of thousands of fish per year and help sustain their fishery. A research project, commissioned by Fisheries New Zealand and undertaken ... More >>
Southland Fishing Company Fined $40,000, Skipper Fined $12,000, Banned From Pāua Fishing For 3 Years
Thursday, 24 November 2022, 4:53 pm | Fisheries New Zealand
A Southland fishing company and its skipper have been fined a total of $52,000, along with a 3-year ban from pāua fishing. Cando Fishing Limited and Campbell David McManaway (59) were sentenced in the Invercargill District Court on multiple charges ... More >>
Call For Feedback On Options To Reopening Kaikōura’s Pāua Fishery
Monday, 31 October 2022, 6:05 pm | Fisheries New Zealand
Fisheries New Zealand is inviting people to have their say on proposals to reopen the Kaikōura pāua fishery. Acting Director Fisheries Management, Allen Frazer says using the best available science and information, the proposals take a precautionary ... More >>
Commercial Fishing Company Fined $12,500 And Skipper Gets 40 Hours Community Work For Fishing In Marine Reserve
Friday, 14 October 2022, 9:36 am | Fisheries New Zealand
A commercial fishing company has been fined $12,500 and the skipper of its vessel ordered to do 40 hours community work, for fishing in a Marine Reserve. Pursuit Fishing Limited and Nathan Marc Thomas (46) were sentenced in the Westport District Court ... More >>
