5th April 2024 Fisheries / LobsterRock lobster fishers in the Gisborne area are “shelving” a portion of their catch entitlement to support the long-term health of a local fishery.
4th April 2024 Fisheries / Seafood NZSeafood New Zealand says the United States’ decision to lift the injunction on New Zealand seafood is “a good result for Aotearoa” and a vote of confidence in the country’s fisheries management.
3rd April 2024 Exports / FisheriesA temporary ban on some New Zealand fish exports to the United States has ended.
2nd April 2024 Fisheries / PerspectivesMarine protected areas can act as a reservoir to replenish adjacent fisheries, says an aquaculture researcher.
28th February 2024 Fisheries / Fisheries MinisterMinister for Oceans and Fisheries Shane Jones has confirmed he was looking into the camera-on-vessels policy introduced by the former Labour government.
9th February 2024 Fisheries / SustainabilityChanges to fishing rules and a significant science programme are being undertaken to address kina barrens, according to Minister for Oceans and Fisheries Shane Jones
5th February 2024 Fisheries / OpinionHarmful and unfair fisheries subsidies should be eliminated with priority given to fisheries sustainability and ocean equity, argue researchers.
1st February 2024 Fisheries / OpinionMarine aquaculture must maintain an intense focus on fish health and welfare, technological innovation, and sustainability measures to meet growing demand.
13th December 2023 Fisheries / Fisheries NZFisheries New Zealand is working the with fishing industry after the capture of a single Hector’s dolphin by commercial fishers off the Otago peninsula.
11th September 2023 Fisheries / Seafood NZSeafood New Zealand is urging marine protection election promises to “be firmly based in science” after the Green Party promised to ban bottom trawling.
9th August 2023 Fisheries / RegulationIt includes five new seafloor protection areas to preserve habitats with bans on bottom-contact fishing methods.
9th August 2023 Fisheries / Seafood NZSeafood NZ wants “true consultation” on proposed Hauraki Gun trawl corridors.
7th August 2023 Fisheries / ITPThe government’s final Fisheries Industry Transformation Plan has landed, containing a number of changes from the draft version released in April.
14th June 2023 Fisheries / IwiThe government has called opposition from iwi fisheries organisations to the Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary proposal “very disappointing”.
2nd June 2023 Fisheries / GovernmentThe new Oceans and Fisheries Minister, Rachel Brooking, has encouraged feedback on the draft Fisheries Industry Transformation Plan.
2nd May 2023 Fisheries / OpinionTraceability technologies exist to make opaque seafood supply chains transparent, but new research from Monash University suggests many players in the Australian industry are not interested in change
19th April 2023 Fisheries / LegalA Northland commercial fisher who failed to report about 2.5 tonnes of catch has been hit with fines and penalties totalling nearly $60,000.
19th April 2023 Fisheries / ShellfishA new initiative hopes to restore the Hauraki Gulf’s mussel beds back to their former abundance.
3rd April 2023 FisheriesCatch limits for Northland’s rock lobster fishery have been reduced by 21 tonnes.
29th March 2023 Fisheries / GovernmentDavid Parker has been appointed acting minister for oceans and fisheries after Stuart Nash was dismissed from all his ministerial portfolios.
27th March 2023 Fisheries / OpinionA partnership between the MetService, the commercial fishing sector, and scientists from across NZ is gaining insights into how ocean temperatures are changing.
27th February 2023 Fisheries / PacificThe government has partnered with Pacific nations to combat the threat of climate change to tuna, the most economically significant natural resource in the Pacific.
27th January 2023 Fisheries / Forest & BirdForest & Bird has expressed “deep disappointment” that bottom trawling, dredging and Danish seining will still be allowed under the Hauraki Gulf Fisheries Plan.
27th October 2022 Fisheries / RegulationThe Fisheries Amendment Bill has passed its final reading in Parliament.
10th August 2022 Fisheries / NZ WhitebaitStarting this year, the whitebait season will take place from 1 September to 30 October throughout New Zealand.
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8th August 2022 FisheriesTe Kupenga o Ngati Kuta and Patukeha ki Te Rawhiti have requested a further temporary closure to the take of all fisheries resources, except kina, from Maunganui Bay, Bay of Islands.
27th June 2022 FisheriesOceans and Fisheries Minister David Parker will represent Aotearoa New Zealand at the second United Nations (UN) Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal, which runs from 27 June to 1 July.
29th March 2022 Fisheries / SeafoodDepleted scallop fisheries at Northland, Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel will close on 1 April.
1st March 2022 Canterbury / FisheriesPāua gathering will no longer be allowed on the Kaikōura coastline as the harvest season has now finished.
22nd February 2022 Fisheries / ResearchNIWA scientists have completed a first successful deep water test run in the Cook Strait of a six-metre-long autonomous vessel to help them count fish.
29th November 2021 Fisheries / MPIThe Waiheke Island scallop, mussel, rock lobster and pāua fisheries will close for a period of two years from 1 December, says the Ministry For Primary Industries.
6th October 2021 Fisheries / ShellfishKaikōura’s pāua fishery, which has been closed since the November 2016 earthquakes disrupted local seabeds, is to reopen.
4th June 2021 FisheriesCovid-19 has highlighted the dependence of parts of the fishing sector on foreign workers, says the government.
