by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 30, 2020 | News
The endangered toroa/Antipodean albatross has new international protection for its 100,000km annual migration, thanks to collaborative efforts led by New Zealand, Australia and Chile. In February, 130 countries agreed to strictly protect the species at the Conference...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 26, 2020 | News
As New Zealand enters a lockdown period for at least the next four weeks, there’s only one message out there for all Kiwis—stay home, save lives. The government has made their intention clear—fishing and hunting are prohibited during the COVID-19 Alert Level 4...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 24, 2020 | News
The Pāua Industry Council has praised the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) for a sting operation that uncovered an illegal pāua operation. Hawke’s Bay Seafoods and director Giancarlo (Joe) D’Esposito have been sentenced after pleading guilty to buying pāua in...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 23, 2020 | News
The Bay of Plenty Regional Council will be making a second request to the Ministry for the Environment for funding to remediate the contaminated Kopeopeo canal after its first request was refused. The council is seeking funding from the ministry’s Contaminated Sites...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 20, 2020 | News
Scientists from the University of Oxford’s Engineering Science Department and the Oxford Suzhou Centre for Advanced Research (OSCAR) have developed a new rapid testing technology for the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19), which gives results in just half an...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 6, 2020 | News
New research has linked microplastics in China’s Beibu Gulf with heavy fishing activities, according to the American Chemical Society. “Surprisingly, many of the particles were hidden in deep sediments on the ocean floor, which could have led scientists to...
