A renewed application by the multinational Trans Tasman Resources (TTR) to mine iron sands from the seabed off the Taranaki coast has been opposed by a number of companies in the seafood sector.
The New Zealand paua industry has welcomed today’s announcement that the shell fishery closure at Kaikoura and eastern Malborough is to be extended beyond three months.
New Zealand's albacore tuna troll fishery has been re-certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) as being sustainably managed. The certification is valid for a period of 5 years and requires…
No one has been bitten yet this summer by a great white shark on Stewart Island.
But a family group got a mighty fright in January when one of the fierce predators circled their boat and then…
Scientists have returned from the Auckland Islands where they undertook the annual census of the white-capped albatross.
The usual annual survey of New Zealand sea lion pups took place at the same…
The post-truth Trump phenomenon is spreading to New Zealand.
Over the summer break untruths about the alleged poor state of this country's fish stocks were published as if they were gospel.