by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 1, 2020 | News
The Department of Conservation (DOC) released its reconsidered Tahr Control Operational Plan for 2020/2021, which describes how DOC will control Himalayan tahr on public conservation land to protect native alpine ecosystems. Following the High Court decision in July,...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 18, 2020 | News
A research conducted by Southland Fish and Game showed that hunter-created wetlands are ideal habitat for New Zealand’s native eels. The organization conducted eel surveys in 46 waterfowl hunting ponds (duck ponds) located across the region last summer. The aim of the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 5, 2020 | News
The upper half of the world-famous Tekapo Canal fishery (upstream of Sh8) will be closed during the 2021 winter fishing season as a precautionary measure after anglers shared their concerns over the fisheries’ sustainability. The closure has been put in place by the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 4, 2020 | News
A new action plan to stop New Zeland’s yellow-eyed penguin from being extinct was launched in Dunedin on 1 August. The five-year plan by Department of Conservation, Fisheries New Zealand, Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust, and Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu was announced at the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jul 24, 2020 | News
Scientists had the rare opportunity to dissect one of the largest squid species in the world, caught off Whakaari (White Island). The specimen was a mature female and is the largest Taninga fimbria on record, weighing 100kg. AUT cephalopod expert associate professor...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jul 24, 2020 | Editor's pick, News
New Zealand’s tohorā, or southern right whales, are returning to New Zealand, and scientists are urging Kiwis to help them track these whales. Southern right whales were almost hunted into extinction in the 1880s. By 1920, there were thought to be only 40 whales...
