20th July 2023 Opinion / SeafoodImproved guidelines are needed for the safe harvesting of wild foods, as well as more strenuous monitoring to protect people.
7th July 2023 Food Safety / SeafoodNew Zealand Food Safety has issued a public health warning against collecting shellfish from the Pelorus Sound area in the Marlborough Sounds.
27th June 2023 SeafoodFisheries New Zealand is consulting on proposed changes to sustainability measures for orange roughy (ORH 3B), including catch limits and allowances.
2nd June 2023 Food Safety / SeafoodNew Zealand Food Safety has issued a public health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested from the Port Underwood area in Marlborough.
19th May 2023 Food Safety / SeafoodNew Zealand Food Safety has issued an extension to the public health warning advising the public not to collect or consume shellfish harvested from the Western Firth of Thames.
3rd May 2023 Awards / SeafoodFisheries New Zealand has announced a strong field of finalists for the upcoming Seafood Sustainability Awards.
14th April 2023 Government / SeafoodThe Department of Conservation is stepping up shore and boat patrols of Hikurangi Marine Reserve to stop illegal taking of pāua from the marine reserve during the 15 April to 15 June pāua fishing season.
10th February 2023 Recall / SeafoodBlackbeards Smokehouse is recalling its Blackbeards Smokehouse brand smoked mussels due to the possible presence of Listeria.
1st September 2022 MPI / SeafoodAn Auckland pair caught with 222 crayfish from Māhia that they intended to sell on the black market have been sentenced to five months community detention and 140 hours community work.
26th May 2022 Fishing / SeafoodA staged nationwide rollout of cameras on commercial fishing vessels is set to begin, with vessels posing the greatest risk to at-risk protected species, such as Hector’s and Māui dolphins and hoiho, to be first.
29th March 2022 Fisheries / SeafoodDepleted scallop fisheries at Northland, Hauraki Gulf and Coromandel will close on 1 April.
8th March 2022 Seafood / SustainabilityShrimp: a sustainable catch? From Financial Times’ Food Revolution series
6th December 2021 Aquaculture / SeafoodThe Ministry for Primary Industries is investing $650,000 over four years to help stamp out invasive marine pests and help the aquaculture industry.
27th August 2021 Iwi / SeafoodKaimoana (seafood), including fish, crayfish, and mussels was the Māori authorities’ top commodities export in 2020 at $311m.
19th May 2021 SeafoodThe Singapore-based cultured food startup has reached out to NZ food regulators ahead of its planned product launch.
4th May 2021 SeafoodOpen ocean farm first could be followed by other developments off the South Island’s east coast.
31st March 2021 SeafoodThree Auckland fishers have been fined $4000 plus $390 in court costs for taking cockles from closed Eastern Beach.
11th March 2021 Seafood / SustainabilityShellfish supplier Southern Clams has launched a new website to provide information on the seafood products it harvests.
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22nd February 2021 NZFFA / SeafoodThe comments follow a report that the Government was not opposed to commercial trout farming.
8th December 2020 SeafoodThe association has started the roll out of a series of online, digital and regionally focused advertisements.
