Bad behaviour brings us all down
Friday 24 July 2020
It’s been a long ten days of scandal in political circles and it has drawn well-deserved public condemnation.
The bright blue future - strangled in red tape
Friday 17 July 2020
In the world of New Zealand seafood, aquaculture, it must be said, has always been the teacher’s favourite. Mostly well behaved and destined for a...
Seafood industry praises MPI for successful theft...
Tuesday 14 July 2020
The successful conviction today in the Wellington District Court of a commercial fisherman for under reporting shellfish catches has been commended...
Fishers, farmers and growers - how the primary...
Friday 10 July 2020
On Tuesday this week, the Prime Minister announced a multi-agency, multi-million-dollar plan to dig New Zealand out of a very deep, post-COVID...
Hard questions needed on dolphin redress
Friday 3 July 2020
The Ministry for Primary Industries is beginning to reveal the extent of the ex-gratia payments to be made to fishers and licensed fish receivers...
The dolphin decision - a cost/benefit analysis
Friday 26 June 2020
It’s landed, and the fallout is just beginning.
Good fisheries management - the only solution to...
Friday 19 June 2020
The 2020 State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture report (SOFIA) has landed from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).
Building planes out of bananas, and other dumb...
Friday 12 June 2020
LegaSea’s Rescue Fish plan, released two weeks ago, is apparently the answer to ‘restoring fish stocks and revitalising New Zealand’s commercial...