When word came through that the Court of Appeal had ruled in favour of New Zealand paua divers in their case against shark cage diving near Stewart Island, the reaction was one of jubilance.
Quietly and without fuss, the powerful Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) made a change to the description of sustainable fisheries recently.
Quota owners in the New Zealand hoki fishing industry have announced today they have proactively chosen to reduce the amount of hoki they will catch next year, in response to changing patterns they
214.Fishing families cast aside for recreational fishing parks
Recreational fishing parks are about catching fish, not about protecting the marine environment. That is the view of the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, in her office’s
In the world of New Zealand aquaculture, there is no avoiding comparing yourself against the standard set by the Norwegians and, in particular, the Norway government’s commitment to the industry.