by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 4, 2020 | News
The amount of wastewater going into the Manukau Harbour is having a direct effect on its water quality, causing a dramatic decrease in shellfish numbers and changing the way people use the harbour. According to Jim Jackson, chairman of the Manukau Harbour Restoration...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Feb 5, 2020 | News
The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat is back this year and along with new releases and technology on display, there is another Surtees/Yamaha Grand Prize to be won. With a retail value of more than $230,000, the grand prize will definitely be won by one lucky visitor to...
by Fleur Covich | Feb 1, 2020 | News
The North Canterbury summer season paradise shelduck hunting season starts this Saturday, 1 February and will run for the next six weeks until Sunday, 15 March. Annual trends counts are still in progress but early reports indicate good numbers of birds exists across...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 30, 2020 | News
The new year will give New Zealanders a chance to turn things around for struggling native seabird species that were captured by fishing boats last year, says Forest & Bird. The organisation issued a statement earlier in January declaring 2020 the year of the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 23, 2020 | News
Two big blue marlins bagged at the Bay of Island Swordfish Club junior tournament were the highlight of the annual event that was held this year on 4 and 5 January. Eleven-year-old Oscar Avery, also the Top Male Angler at the tournament, hooked up a 95kg marlin, which...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Jan 23, 2020 | News
Fisheries officers stopped a group of commercial fishers in the Thames region who were allegedly under-reporting catches and unlawfully supplying snapper to an Auckland fish supply business. In December, 45 fishery officers and New Zealand police executed searches in...
