by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 28, 2022 | Editor's pick, News
Kaikoura’s three-month pāua gathering season ended at midnight on 28 February after reopening for a limited season on 1 December. The fishery was closed for almost five years following the devastating Kaikōura earthquakes in November 2016. Fisheries New Zealand’s...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 9, 2022 | News
Nicola Toki has been appointed the new chief executive of Forest & Bird and will begin in April this year, succeeding outgoing chief executive Kevin Hague, who is retiring after six years at the helm of the conservation organisation. Toki will continue to guide...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 3, 2022 | News
A deer management project intended to partially address the gap left by the reduction in wild animal recovery operations (WARO) due to depressed wild venison prices is about to get underway in Fiordland National Park. This new project has been jointly developed by the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 2, 2022 | News
With an increase in the number of manta rays appearances this summer, Department of Conservation (DOC) and Manta Watch NZ are urging people to report sightings of the rare, huge fish. From December 2021 to January 2022, Manta Watch NZ received 99 manta ray sightings,...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 2, 2022 | News
A public health warning has been issued against collecting shellfish from the South Island West Coast between Greymouth and Charleston. The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) detected diarrhetic shellfish toxins in mussels from 12-Mile Bluff at levels above the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 19, 2022 | News
Reginald Stephens, a commercial fishing skipper, has been fined $1500 by the Nelson District Court for failing to notify Maritime NZ of serious injury on-board a ship. Stephens was convicted of failure to comply with the Maritime Transport Act, which makes it an...
