by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 21, 2021 | News
Fish & Game, in collaboration with Canterbury high-country farmers, New Zealand Salmon Anglers Association, Rakaia River Promotions, and ECan, have secured funding from the Ministry for the Environment for a habitat protection project in the headwaters of the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 17, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
From 20 September, Biosecurity New Zealand is placing legal controls on parts of Aotea Great Barrier in a bid to contain the invasive seaweed Caulerpa brachypus, while the local Mana Whenua governance group on Aotea are supporting a dual response by imposing a rāhui...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 14, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
Department of Conservation’s director-general Lou Sanson stepped down from his role on 13 September after eight years. Penny Nelson will take the reins on 1 November 2021. She has been appointed for five years. Nelson is currently deputy director-general of...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 9, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
The East Coromandel scallop fishery will close for a period of two years from 11 September following a request from the Ngāti Hei Trust. The closure covers scallop fishing in an area extending along the east Coromandel coastline from Anarake Point to Ruahiwihiwi...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 31, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
Department of Conservation’s (DOC) Conservation Week is back this year from 4 to 12 September 2021. But in light of COVID-19 and alert level changes, no events will be held at COVID-19 Alert Levels 4 or 3. Instead, DOC is encouraging people to take a moment for...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 31, 2021 | Editor's pick, News
More than $740,000 in funding will be distributed to 21 on-water and land-based national and regional safer boating initiatives as part of the 2021 Safer Boating Campaign. The recipients of the annual Fuel Excise Duty (FED) funding was announced by Maritime NZ. The...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 26, 2021 | Archive, Editor's pick
The Kai Ika Project has grown from an idea into a collective community goal. Their goal – to minimise food waste by ensuring that each fish taken is fully utilised. Read about this fantastic initiative by Outboard Boating Club of Auckland, Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae of...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 25, 2021 | Book reviews, Editor's pick
Pick of the month Fish of the DayClarke Gayford and Mike BhanaPenguin Random House$55Reviewed by Esha Chanda Secret fishing spots and great yarns make up this new book by New Zealand’s first man of fishing Clarke Gayford and his film-maker buddy Mike Bhana. The duo...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Aug 25, 2021 | Editor's pick, Features, Fishing
Anybody who loves to fish understands the importance of reeling them in responsibly, but are we doing enough off the water to make the most of every catch? Back in 2016, members of the Outboard Boating Club (OBC) of Auckland began to seriously question the...
by Tony Orman | Aug 24, 2021 | Editor's pick, Features, Hunting
Many years ago – somewhere in the early 1960s from memory – the late John Henderson and I climbed up onto the tops of the Tararua Range behind Ōtaki to Kime Hut. It was evening when we arrived and that night, the weather turned to the south. The southerly lashed the...
