by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 21, 2022 | Editor's pick, News
When it comes to high-end fishing platforms, Sealegs International’s latest offering – the range-topping 12-meter Sealegs Cabin RIB (12RC) – is a fisherman’s dream. The new launch features a 12-metre-long fishing platform with an overall beam of 3.6 meters, providing...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 21, 2022 | Book reviews, Editor's pick
Pick of the month One Hundred HavensHelen BeagleholeMassey University Press$60Reviewed by Tony Orman Any boatie or angler who has frequented the idyllic Marlborough Sounds – idyllic apart from ghastly salmon farms and mussel farms and commercial pine forestry – should...
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 Ben Hope | Sep 21, 2022 | Editor's pick, Features, Fishing
Whitebaiting is an annual Kiwi passion. It can be energetic or can be laid back. At the end of either style is the likelihood of delicious whitebait patties, splattered with lemon juice. The energetic approach involves scoop-netting the incoming surf at a river or...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 13, 2022 | Features
Sea-It was started five years ago in a small factory in Manurewa with a couple of blokes and has today grown to become one of the most environmentally responsible range of products in the New Zealand market. “We are bloody stoked to push ingredients that are readily...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 1, 2022 | Archive, Editor's pick
With the Green Party recently calling on the Government to ban bottom trawling on seamounts following the release of an industry white paper on sustainable bottom trawling, we take a closer look at the issue in our front-page story. Sealord’s recently released...
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...
