by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 21, 2022 | Editor's pick, News
A team of divers has begun surveying the Waikato’s coastal marine areas to determine the presence and extent of marine pest species. Starting in the Coromandel Peninsula, the biosecurity surveillance work targets marine pests Mediterranean fanworm (Sabella...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 31, 2022 | Editor's pick, News
A draft National Plan of Action Sharks 2022 produced by Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation (DOC) sets out goals and objectives that aim to effectively conserve and manage sharks in the waters of Aotearoa. The document, which is seeking public...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 31, 2022 | Editor's pick, News
The Green Party is calling on the Government to ban bottom trawling on all seamounts following the release of an industry white paper on sustainable bottom trawling. Sealord released a report at a webinar earlier in August saying that “marine science and fishing...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 24, 2022 | Editor's pick, News
After the cancellation of the 2020 event following the first COVID-19 lockdown and the postponement of last year’s event, Sika Show returns on 29 and 30 October 2022. The show, which was previously scheduled for 26 and 27 February this year, was postponed again after...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 19, 2022 | Editor's pick, News
A Kiwi trawling innovation that enables undersized fish to escape unharmed is going global with the help of Government funding, oceans and fisheries minister David Parker has announced. “We’re supporting the further improvement of a fishing system that enables fish to...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 9, 2022 | Editor's pick, News
In an important step towards a sustainable whitebait fishery, the whitebait season will take place from 1 September to 30 October throughout New Zealand, starting this year, with the exception of the Chatham Islands where whitebaiting season will continue from 1...
