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Imprisonment for paua poacher
Thursday, 13 April 2006, 3:12 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
“The sentencing of a Porirua man to 12 months imprisonment this morning sends a strong message to poachers”, says Wellington District Compliance Manager Ross Thurston. More >>
Fines for rock lobster offences
Monday, 3 April 2006, 5:05 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
A Masterton man has been convicted and fined for possessing excess and undersized rock lobsters. More >>
New Zealand’s largest marine farm
Wednesday, 22 March 2006, 2:08 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries has given a preliminary go-ahead to New Zealand’s largest marine farm. In a preliminary decision, the Ministry has recommended a marine farm permit be granted to Eastern Sea Farms Limited for a 3,800 ha farm in Eastern Bay ... More >>
Beneficiary imprisoned for selling fish illegally
Thursday, 9 March 2006, 2:24 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
A 53-year old Wairoa beneficiary has been sentenced to three months imprisonment for serious breaches of the Fisheries Act following a Ministry of Fisheries operation in Wairoa. More >>
Arrest made for illegal paua stash
Tuesday, 28 February 2006, 4:58 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
A 24-year-old Chinese national found with 100 kilograms of paua meat in Wellington in January has been arrested in Auckland. More >>
South Pacific fisheries future looks positive
Friday, 17 February 2006, 2:54 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
A meeting aiming to establish a formal organisation for the conservation and management of South Pacific high seas fisheries has been "hugely successful," according to the head of the New Zealand delegation, Stan Crothers. More >>
Busy Month For Christchurch Mfish Compliance Staff
Wednesday, 1 February 2006, 9:41 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Christchurch Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) staff have been kept busy over the month of January dealing with a number of paua thieves, mainly in the Lyttelton Harbour area. More >>
100 kilos of Paua seized
Friday, 27 January 2006, 1:31 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
A possible black market paua supply chain has been broken, following the seizure of 100 kilograms of paua meat in Wellington city in the early hours of Friday 27 January 2006. More >>
Penalty imposed for threatening Fishery Officers
Friday, 13 January 2006, 4:24 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Rongomai Timothy Taiapa, unemployed, of Gisborne was today found guilty of using threatening language and behaving in a threatening manner and sentenced to 200 hours of community service. More >>
Seizure Of Rock Lobster And Paua
Tuesday, 10 January 2006, 12:03 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Gisborne Fishery Officers have seized rock lobster and paua relating to two separate incidents. More >>
Japanese Vessel to Be Returned for $300,000
Friday, 4 November 2005, 3:45 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
A Japanese fishing vessel seized after a Ministry of Fisheries investigation* will be returned to its current owners upon payment of $300,000 + GST. More >>
Parent selling fish at school gala to be warned
Friday, 4 November 2005, 2:58 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
PRESS RELEASE 4 November 2005 From the Ministry of Fisheries Parent selling fish illegally at school gala day to be issued a formal written warning by the Ministry of Fisheries Ministry of Fisheries’ Northland District Compliance Manger Dave Turner ... More >>
Northland operation nets commercial fishers
Wednesday, 2 November 2005, 3:25 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Three men are likely to face charges under the Fisheries Act as a result of a fisheries compliance operation in Northland. More >>
Fishery Officers Apprehend Poachers
Friday, 7 October 2005, 2:47 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Late yesterday afternoon Fishery Officers in Northland apprehended two local men in possession of 339 undersize Paua at Sandy Bay, north of Tutukaka. More >>
Poachers Caught In Fisheries Operation
Friday, 2 September 2005, 11:20 am | Ministry of Fisheries
Gisborne fishery officers say two men are likely to be charged after another surveillance operation led to the discovery of a large number of illegal rock lobster pots. One pot seized by the fishery officers contained 51 rock lobsters, only one of which ... More >>
Business as usual for compliance staff
Monday, 15 August 2005, 9:49 am | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries have confirmed that all of their regular enforcement activities are being carried out across New Zealand as normal. More >>
Imprisonment for paua offence
Monday, 18 July 2005, 5:01 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
Wun Yin Chow of Lower Hutt was sentenced to 8 months imprisonment when he appeared at Wellington District Court this morning for sentencing on a charge in relation to paua offending, having pleaded guilty in June. More >>
Paua Poachers Charged In Operation Bond Enquiry
Tuesday, 12 July 2005, 9:36 am | Ministry of Fisheries
"Two people have been charged with serious fisheries offences following a major investigation by the Ministry of Fisheries," says Harry Hilditch, Investigation Officer for the Ministry of Fisheries. More >>
Poachers caught with 522 Paua
Tuesday, 28 June 2005, 4:54 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
On the 17th June 2005 Fishery Officers from the Whangarei office of the Ministry of Fisheries apprehended three men at Kawerua on the West Coast of Northland with 522 Paua. More >>
Application for Largest Marine Farm in New Zealand
Monday, 20 June 2005, 2:27 pm | Ministry of Fisheries
The Ministry of Fisheries (MFish) is commencing consultation and processing on an application for the largest marine farm in New Zealand. Eastern Seafarms Limited's has applied for a 4,750 hectare marine farm offshore of Opotiki in the Bay of Plenty. More >>
