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Hundreds of fish beached at Ninety Mile Beach due to predator chase
Experts advise caution, saying beached fish may be unsafe to eat.
‘Cash came in for Crays’: Couple given crayfish permit for hui illegally sold 35kg to local restaurant
Tony Magner says he's embarrassed by the fall from grace.
Fisheries crackdown: 4000 fishing offences in past year revealed
Commercial fishing breaches hit 863; recreational offences more than 3,000
Reeling in the fishers: Police called as man chucks pāua into ocean during standoff
The man said he panicked and feared his fishing gear would be taken.
Iwi wants to buy Takitimu Seafoods site after $9m surplus recorded
In 2022-2023 it had a $2m deficit as Takitimu Seafoods collapsed, with 70 job losses.
Watch: 'Spineless' – Officials warned Conservation Minister against Hauraki Gulf commercial fishing
Six days after being told it would 'undermine' biodiversity, the Minister approved changes
Nelson woman fined for taking more than 1000 cockles from traditional fishery reserve
Judge: 'If everyone did that, we would not have any cockles left in our country'.
Shellfish collection ban in BoP harbour in force now
A two-year ban on taking the shellfish came into force today.
NZ trawler's 'shameful' 37kg coral catch suspends fishing in area until 2026
Nelson-based trawler Tasman Viking pulled up 37kg of coral west of New Zealand.
'Break gear or harm people': Sabotage, shooting and 'huhu-grub' threats for commercial fishers
'They get territorial': Commercial fisherman cops abuse.
'Winston didn't want a 65-year-old larrikin': Shane Jones gets serious after talking-to
Shane Jones is playing the jester less as he goes about his politics
Fishing vessel refloats, departs after grounding in Auckland marina
The skipper missed tide timings while refuelling the boat.
'Game-changer': Kiwi fishing tech lands international award
'We're hoping to launch the product to the market within 12-18 months.'
Waitangi Tribunal report condemns ministers’ meeting with seafood reps
If law change proceeds, it would 'significantly endanger the Māori-Crown relationship'.
Fishy claims: Supermarket seafood brands accused of greenwashing
Researchers find green claims on many products can't be backed up.
Tiny egg to big fish in a year: Land-based farm hooks into global seafood goals
A new state-of-the-art, land-based kingfish farm is officially opened.
Opinion: Science needed to solve milky-fleshed snapper syndrome
OPINION: Let’s face it - nobody wants to be catching sick fish.
Ocean warming threatens multi-million dollar losses for NZ fishing sector
Scientists say warming could soon hit a tipping point for catch rates in NZ fisheries.
Millions of mussels to help restore Hauraki Gulf ecosystem
Green-lipped mussels used to reverse destructive fishing practices.
Opinion: Mushy snapper - overfishing is starving NZ's most iconic species to death
OPINION: Listen to what our starving snapper are telling us - and do something.
New Zealand trawler targets threatened fish in Australia
Australian conservationists alarmed as super trawler returns to fish orange roughy.
Sealord gives new buy Independent Fisheries a long line to keep living up to its name
Canterbury company set to continue its 70 years of family history and values.
New research points to likely cause of 'milky fish'
Anglers report hooking snapper that appear to be malnourished, with mushy, white flesh.
Search under way for missing fishing boat off Gisborne coast, NZDF joining operation tonight
'We are doing everything we can to locate the missing vessel.'
Marlin magic: NZ inventor’s lure wins fisherman US$1.7 million
A decades-long quest needed a Kiwi lure to land the fish of dreams.
Cyclone Gabrielle thought to be reason for 'masses' of porcupinefish
'On my last trip, which consisted of 10 trawl tows, we caught 773 kilos of them.'
Retired man's life savings gone after sleeping skipper grounds fishing boat
'I have nothing left, thanks to Simon's stupidity.'