A goodbye to Peter Stevens - a guest column by...
Friday 31 July 2020
At a time when the QMS seems to be under increasing scrutiny by ill-informed critics there is perhaps a certain irony that one of the most fervent...
Focus on primary industry job growth welcomed by...
Monday 27 July 2020
The launch today of the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI) new website on jobs is welcomed by the seafood industry.
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.