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Challenging period for New Zealand King Salmon. New Zealand King Salmon says the 2019 summer season was challenging for overall fish performance, due to sustained warm water temperatures which continued […]
Limit for NZ bluefin tuna fishery. Fisheries New Zealand has announced the introduction of a daily bag limit in the recreational southern bluefin tuna fishery. From 1 June 2019, the […]
NZ fishing company fined for catch reporting failure. A commercial fishing company formerly owned by the Hawke’s Bay D’Esposito family has been banned from fishing for 3 years and fined […]
Drysdale Engineering completes aquaculture installation. Tasmanian aquaculture equipment manufacturer, Drysdale Engineering Group, has just completed the installation of a ‘de-waterer’ for a local salmon farm. Fish are pumped with water […]
Western Rock Lobster industry Bursaries. Western Rock Lobster is pleased to announce it has awarded ten $3,000 bursaries to attend the 2019 Trans-Tasman Rock Lobster Congress in Queenstown, New Zealand. […]
Catch changes for NZ rock lobster and sea cucumber. Fisheries New Zealand has announced changes to catch limits for sea cucumber and rock lobster (crayfish) fish stocks in three areas […]
Deadline looms for NZ blue cod consultation. Fisheries New Zealand is well over halfway through the consultation period on proposed changes to the blue cod fishing regulations. Consultation will run […]
Hawkes Bay Seafoods fined for commercial fishing offences. A Napier commercial fishing company, its directors and general manager have been fined a total of more than $1 million for the […]
Three more rare dolphins accidently caught off NZ. The three Hector’s dolphins have been captured in a commercial trawl net off Banks Peninsula this week, bringing to seven the number […]
A record year for SalMar ASA, the Norwegian based salmon farming group, recording block busting 2018, thanks in part to strong demand for salmon and enhanced efficiencies in the overall […]
Concern over accidental sea lion captures by NZ fishermen. Five New Zealand sea lions have been captured so far this season in the squid fishery around the Auckland Islands. The […]
Bursaries offered by Western Rock Lobster. Western Rock Lobster (WRL) has announced it is providing the opportunity for 10 young industry leaders from the Western Australian rock lobster industry to […]
Rare dolphins accidently caught off New Zealand – Fisheries New Zealand has received two reports from commercial fishers of Hector’s dolphins caught during trawl fishing off the East Coast of […]
Undersized fish crackdown in New Zealand. New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI) fishery officers have had a busy time in the Coromandel region with a number of patrols leading […]
New Zealand shellfish alert! The New Zealand Ministry for Primary Industries has extended (8 January) the public health warning against collecting shellfish in the Northland east coast region. The affected […]
New fisheries patrol vessel for New Zealand – Paired navigation stations, superior tracking technology, suspensions seats, and an on-board loo. They’re all features of a top-of-the-range new fisheries patrol vessel that’s […]
National Blue Cod Strategy released today by Fisheries New Zealand, which takes a proactive approach to the management of the blue cod fishery. Manager of inshore fisheries Steve Halley says […]
New Zealand consultation on catch changes. New Zealand has started a consultation on proposed changes to commercial catch settings for four fish stocks for the new fishing year beginning 1 […]
Sanford Opens NZ Showcase to celebrate the diversity of its seafood – New Zealand’s biggest fishing company, Sanford has recently re-opened the Auckland Fish Market after an extensive nine month long […]
Success for New Zealand trawl survey commissioned by Fisheries New Zealand and undertaken by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), completed on 2 December. The survey was […]
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