Hunters urged to prepare for duck season
Fish & Game says early preparation is key to getting things right on opening weekend.
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Hunting tourism providers say bookings for next year are already flooding in.
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The pair's catch was nearly seven times the daily limit.
Stoat tail trout fishing flies fund trapping projects
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Marlborough Sounds salmon dying after hot summer
NZ King Salmon dumped almost 1300 tonnes of fish waste in landfill over last three months.
Hunting tourism operator Richard Burdon missing out on lucrative US market
"We can't quite get as much money out of the Australians".
'Greed and destruction': Call for closure of all scallop fisheries
The closure is being labelled a dramatic last-ditch effort to save the species.
Hunters advised not to release deer into new regions
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Taranaki hapū want legal kaimoana ban for at least two years
Support for a legal ban was also coming from beyond Taranaki iwi.
Bumpy opening for Bluff oyster season
Disease, courier delays & struggling restaurants making it tough to get oysters to market.
Crack hunters on trail of goats in Russell State Forest
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Man catches 14.5kg snapper from his own deck
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Summer hunting for paradise shelduck on offer
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Records smashed at MegaFish Hawke's Bay 2022
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Highest number of paradise shelducks in decades for Otago
Highest number of paradise shelducks recorded in Otago in 32 years aerial monitoring.
Covid-19 no issue for marlin anglers enjoying stellar season
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Fine after fisherman put endangered dolphins at risk
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Omicron forces organisers to can Snapper Bonanza
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Illegal shellfish collecting on the rise as more people 'rip bust and leave bare'
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'Absolutely rapt': Whopper salmon caught on Rakaia River
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Public urged to gather pāua 'for a feed, not the freezer'
Large groups descending on the area means pāua are at risk of being wiped out.
Iwi keen to educate on kai in coastal environment
Iwi wants more education on respecting coastal environments.
'It was never about hunting': Confessions of a possum shooter
"This is the best experience I can try to give my kids."
'Cleared out': Fears for future of Fiordland fish stocks
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Sea patrol: Fisheries Officers will be out on Northland waters these holidays
Stick to the fisheries rules this summer, or risk action.
Megafish signs up 450 competitors, two months before lines are in water
There'll be 450 angling for the top prize in February.
Sealord aims for 85 per cent staff vaccination by mid-January
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Waiheke Island scallop, mussel, rock lobster and pāua fisheries to close
Rāhui placed on fisheries after concerns about declining stock levels.