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Media Advisory: RE - Defensive Equipment
Friday, 2 July 2004, 2:36 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries is currently considering matters relating to the introduction of defensive equipment for use by Fishery Officers following concern by the Ministry's management and staff about the safety of officers in the field. The specific equipment ... More >>
Ministry of Fisheries Surveys Recreational Fishing
Monday, 21 June 2004, 2:11 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Many of the hundreds of fishers using the Hauraki Gulf over the last summer may have been surprised by low-flying aircraft and the presence of National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) staff asking questions about their catch when they ... More >>
Research To Begin on Orange Roughy Stocks
Wednesday, 16 June 2004, 11:08 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Research starts next month to discover more about one of New Zealand's most valuable fish species, orange roughy. More >>
Ministry Responds To Statements By ECO
Friday, 11 June 2004, 5:23 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries is concerned about statements concerning orange roughy stocks made yesterday by an ECO spokesperson, says senior fisheries management advisor, Dr Jim Cornelius. More >>
MFISH investigates Chatham Island fishers
Monday, 31 May 2004, 12:24 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Fishery Officers from the Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) in Dunedin are currently investigating three commercial fishers on the Chatham Islands for illegally using underwater breathing apparatus to take rock lobsters. More >>
News Release: Ministry of Fisheries vindicated
Wednesday, 26 May 2004, 2:42 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries has been vindicated and the integrity and effectiveness of its management and staff has been unequivocally affirmed, says Warwick Tuck, Chief Executive of the Ministry of Fisheries. More >>
Ministry Of Fisheries Names Companies
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 6:10 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries has named the five companies involved in the termination of the Tauranga based Ministry of Fisheries Operation Purse yesterday. More >>
5 Fishing Companies Misreport $3,200,000 Catch
Thursday, 12 February 2004, 12:57 am | Ministry of Fisheries
The allegation stems from a Ministry of Fisheries Tauranga-based operation named "PURSE" which is currently underway. More >>
Ross Sea 2004 Discovery voyage begins
Friday, 23 January 2004, 3:08 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
A discovery voyage to the Ross Sea, Antarctica, begins next week, Monday 26 January, 100 years after the famous 1902 - 1904 voyage to Antarctica by Captain Robert Scott in his ship "Discovery". More >>
New minimum legal size for kingfish on January 15
Monday, 5 January 2004, 7:43 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) advises that a new national recreational minimum size limit of 75 cm is to be introduced for kingfish, increasing the legal minimum size by 10cm, from the previous limit of 65 cm. More >>
Preliminary Go-Ahead To NZ's Largest Marine Farm
Monday, 15 December 2003, 2:16 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) has given a preliminary go-ahead to New Zealand's largest marine farm. But MFish proposes approving a quarter of the farm's stocking density until further monitoring confirms its effect on the fisheries environment, ... More >>
MFish On Select Committee Scampi Inquiry Report
Tuesday, 2 December 2003, 3:20 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries Chief Executive, Warwick Tuck today welcomed the release of the report of the Primary Production Select Committee Inquiry into the management of the scampi fishery, with no evidence of corruption or impropriety in the Ministry ... More >>
Ministry of Fisheries Marlborough/Kaikoura office
Monday, 1 December 2003, 2:08 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) today opened its new Marlborough/Kaikoura office, which is based in Blenheim. More >>
Mfish Reminder About Safe Set Net Practice
Friday, 28 November 2003, 11:37 am | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries is reminding the public about the safe use of set nets, following the recent deaths in Tasman Bay of two dusky dolphins in a recreational set net, and the puzzling occurrence of a seal and a shark being found on the beach ... More >>
Fisheries Ministry seizes Japanese hoki vessel
Friday, 10 October 2003, 12:11 am | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries (MFish), Christchurch, today seized a large Japanese trawler in Lyttleton, in the culmination of a five month investigation into one particular aspect of vessel's fishing practice. More >>
2003 Scallop Fishing Season Opens Tuesday 15 July
Friday, 11 July 2003, 3:38 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The season begins on Tuesday July 15 and runs until 14 February 2004 for all but the Southland Fishery Management Area, where the season runs from 1 October to 15 March inclusive. The scallop recreational daily bag limit varies throughout the five ... More >>
Unique Deepsea Habitats To Be Explored
Tuesday, 6 May 2003, 5:36 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
New animal species, some never seen before, are expected to be discovered by a joint New Zealand-Australia research survey which will explore deepsea habitats in the Tasman Sea. More >>
Ministry gets advice over corruption allogations
Friday, 11 October 2002, 10:27 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Ministry of Fisheries Chief Executive, Warwick Tuck, has received advice from a barrister who carried out an independent review of allegations of corruption and/or wrong-doing made against two of his senior managers. On the basis of that advice, Mr Tuck will ... More >>
