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Old Bad News On Fishing Industry Bycatch Released This Week
Wednesday, 13 November 2024, 10:37 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
The Ministry for Primary Industries this week released its latest tally of non-target species captured by the New Zealand fishing industry. But it’s already old news, and bad news at that, says Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders NZ. Māui and Hector’s ... More >>
More Dead Dolphins Drive Demands For Better Hector’s Protection
Friday, 13 September 2024, 10:06 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
“Cameras on boats are revealing their worth, exposing the true impacts of the fishing industry. But it’s the action in light of this information that really matters. The Luxon Government must protect Hector’s and prohibit trawl and set nets in the ... More >>
Fisheries Bycatch Report Shows Marine Species Need More Protection
Tuesday, 27 August 2024, 6:25 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders Chair, Christine Rose, says observer coverage on fishing vessels has been historically low, and so these reported deaths are just the tip of the iceberg. More >>
Trawlers Getting Away With Murder’ According To New ‘Extinction Watch’, Māui And Hector’s Dolphins Mortality Tracker
Monday, 13 May 2024, 11:31 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
A new tool for monitoring the deaths of endangered Māui and Hector’s dolphins shows trawlers are 'getting away with murder', according to conservation group Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders NZ. The ‘Death Watch’ Mortality Tracker keeps ... More >>
SailGP Marine Mammal Management Plan A Farce That Puts ‘dollars Before Dolphins’: Dolphin Defenders
Monday, 18 March 2024, 9:33 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
The SailGP Marine Mammal Management Plan (MMMP) released late last week is a farce, say advocates. “Hector’s dolphins are in crisis” says Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders Chair, Christine Rose. 47 Hector’s have been reported dead since ... More >>
Hector’s Dolphins Near Coromandel Show More Protection Needed: Dolphin Defenders
Wednesday, 6 March 2024, 10:45 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
The Department of Conservation has confirmed that an adult female and juvenile Hector’s dolphin who visited the Firth of Thames and spent several weeks near Coromandel last year, were originally from the South Island. Conservation group Māui and Hector’s ... More >>
Ban Trawling In Hector’s Habitat Say Dolphin Defenders, After Another Dolphin Death
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 3:05 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
The second Otago Hector’s dolphin killed by the fishing industry this year, was reported today (December 12). The dolphin is among at least 15 Hector’s deaths reported across the country in the last year. There are only around 40 Hector’s ... More >>
Survival Crisis For Endangered Dolphins Demands Immediate Action: Advocates
Friday, 28 July 2023, 10:30 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
Both a critically endangered Māui dolphin and a threatened Hector’s dolphin have been reported dead today. This is a survival crisis for the dolphins, demanding immediate action, say dolphin advocates from Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders. “Scientists ... More >>
Hector’s Dolphin Litany Of Loss Shows More Action Urgently Needed: Advocates
Wednesday, 15 February 2023, 2:50 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
Dolphin advocates are calling for more action on Hector’s dolphins protection after the Department of Conservation’s latest incident update shows a mother and calf killed in a trawl net, and several calves found dead. Since August 2021 33 dolphins ... More >>
Dolphin Set Net Protection Welcome But Insufficient On Commercial Trawlers, Say Advocates
Wednesday, 12 October 2022, 1:09 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
Dolphin advocates are welcoming the extension of set net closures to protect South island Hector’s dolphins, but they say they don’t go far enough. The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries David Parker today announced measures to address bycatch ... More >>
‘Protecting Hector’s Means Prohibiting Set And Trawl Nets’ Say Advocates
Monday, 6 December 2021, 9:38 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
Fisheries New Zealand has been consulting on protection options for South Island Hector’s dolphins. Submissions close today Monday 6 December at 5pm. But dolphin advocates say Fisheries officials' recommendations are fundamentally flawed. The ... More >>
Tribute to Māui and Hector's dolphins held at Muriwai beach
Thursday, 1 November 2018, 3:32 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
A moving tribute attracted the interest and attention of conservationists and beach goers at the Tribute for Māui and Hector's dolphins held at Muriwai on Saturday 27 October. More >>
Māui and Hector’s Dolphin Tributes Honour Loss and Hope
Friday, 26 October 2018, 10:39 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
The World’s smallest dolphins will be honoured at Muriwai Beach this Saturday 27 October at 2pm and at Akaroa on Sunday 28 at 2pm also. Māui and Hector’s dolphins are only found in New Zealand – they’re one of the rarest dolphins in the world ... More >>
Tribute for Māui and Hector's Dolphins
Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 4:15 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
A bittersweet tribute to the World’s smallest dolphin will be held at Muriwai Beach this Saturday 27 October at 2pm. Māui and Hector’s dolphins are only found in New Zealand – they’re one of the rarest dolphins in the world and they’re ... More >>
Tribute Signals Kiwis’ ‘Special Relationship’ with dolphins
Tuesday, 23 October 2018, 3:23 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
A bittersweet tribute to the World’s smallest dolphin will be held at Muriwai Beach this Saturday 27 October at 2pm. Māui and Hector’s dolphins are only found in New Zealand – they’re one of the rarest dolphins in the world and they’re probably ... More >>
Heat seeking drones could help protect and save dolphins
Tuesday, 9 October 2018, 9:20 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
A scientific study recently conducted in New Zealand and the UK, has suggested unmanned drones equipped with a thermal imaging cameras, could be used to seek out, and help protect endangered Maui and Hector’s dolphins in New Zealand, and other marine ... More >>
Dolphin Defenders Call for Immediate Set Net Moratorium
Tuesday, 20 March 2018, 9:45 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
Dolphin Defenders Call for Immediate Set Net Moratorium The killing of five Hector’s dolphins in a commercial fishing net north of Banks Peninsula earlier this year, is being labelled as outrageous, and conservationists dedicated to Māui and Hector’s ... More >>
March for Māui This Sunday, 1pm Silo Park, Auckland
Saturday, 17 March 2018, 1:12 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
A ‘March for Māui’ this Sunday at 1pm from Silo Park, Auckland, will add to pressure on the Labour-led government to keep the programme of installing electronic video monitoring on the fishing fleet and to do more to protect Māui and Hector’s ... More >>
‘March For Māui’ this Sunday highlights Government failure
Wednesday, 14 March 2018, 11:20 am | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
A ‘March for Māui’ and Hector’s dolphins this Sunday from Silo Park, Auckland, will highlight government inaction and failure to protect endemic dolphins and other species from the indiscriminate and wasteful impacts of trawling. More >>
Decision to Delay Monitoring ‘Fatally Flawed’
Sunday, 12 November 2017, 12:07 pm | Maui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders
Conservation group representatives say a decision by the new Minister of Fisheries, Stuart Nash, to delay implementation of camera monitoring of fishing efforts in New Zealand is ‘fatally flawed’. More >>
