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Otago Fish and Game - Latest News [Page 2]
Poolburn dam prospects looking good despite poaching
Wednesday, 12 September 2012, 5:49 pm | Otago Fish and Game
The new angling season is fast approaching with opening day at the Poolburn Dam being Monday 1 October 2012. Otago Fish and Game have high expectations for a rewarding season following excellent spawning survey results in Poolburn tributaries over the ... More >>
Poached Salmon Lands Man in Hot Water
Tuesday, 29 May 2012, 1:33 pm | Otago Fish and Game
A man who hand caught a spawning salmon out of the Leith Stream last week now faces prosecution rather than a fish dinner. More >>
Regional Council Shoots Itself in Foot Over Ducks
Tuesday, 15 May 2012, 6:09 pm | Otago Fish and Game
The Otago Regional Council has decided to remove introduced gamebirds from the list of values associated with the region’s wetlands, the Otago Fish and Game Council says. This decision is one of many final recommendations made by regional councillors ... More >>
Golden autumn weather favours Otago ducks
Sunday, 6 May 2012, 6:57 pm | Otago Fish and Game
Around 4000 Otago hunters prayers went unanswered as the opening morning dawned generally fine and calm on Saturday with the odd patch of fog. Weather has a large influence over hunter success and without the wind or occasional shower to keep birds lower, ... More >>
Fine start to duck hunting season expected
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 2:39 pm | Otago Fish and Game
Clear, calm conditions are expected for the opening day of the duck hunting season which could put the odds in favour of the ducks but that won’t deter nearly 4000 excited Otago hunters from taking part in the biggest hunting event of the year. More >>
Water Quality Plan change Absolutely Essential
Thursday, 3 May 2012, 11:13 am | Otago Fish and Game
Otago Regional Council’s Water Quality Plan Change 6A is absolutely essential if polluted rivers are to be rehabilitated and rivers with good water quality are to be maintained in their present state says Niall Watson, Chief Executive of Otago ... More >>
New Fish & Game Officer for Central Otago
Monday, 23 April 2012, 5:25 pm | Otago Fish and Game
Otago Fish and Game Council’s new Fish and Game Officer in Central Otago is Clare Morris of Alexandra. She replaces Rasmus Gabrielsson who has recently taken on a fisheries scientist position at Cawthron Institute in Nelson. Clare who is based ... More >>
Clutha River Salmon Fishery Improvement Programme success
Thursday, 22 March 2012, 11:27 am | Otago Fish and Game
A sea run salmon with a clipped fin that was caught at the Roxburgh Dam over the weekend shows that the programme of salmon smolt releases undertaken by Contact Energy is working, says Otago Fish & Game environmental officer Peter Wilson. More >>
ORC failing threatened wetlands, says Otago Fish & Game
Thursday, 1 March 2012, 5:34 pm | Otago Fish and Game
Fish & Game says the Otago Regional Council (ORC) has failed to recognise some of the region’s significant wetlands or make provisions to adequately protect what remains of these threatened ecosystems. More >>
Hunter, Young,Wilkin Rivers Need Backcountry Fishing Licence
Thursday, 27 October 2011, 5:15 pm | Otago Fish and Game
Otago’s backcountry fisheries open for angling on November 1st with many anglers expected to take the day off work and enjoy the spoils of the great outdoors says Cliff Halford, Fish and Game Officer. More >>
Hatchery fish detected with disease
Monday, 17 October 2011, 4:43 pm | Otago Fish and Game
Otago Fish & Game has had confirmation from MAF that a yearling trout from the Macraes Hatchery has been positively identified as being infected with the Aeromonas bacteria. The bacterial disease was first detected in lamprey in the Mataura River. “Fish ... More >>
Clutha anglers hook big fines
Wednesday, 24 August 2011, 5:19 pm | Otago Fish and Game
Two Kaitangata men caught fishing without licences on the lower Clutha River were fined nearly $1000 each by a Balclutha Court Judge on Tuesday. Both men pled guilty to the charge by letter. More >>
