Proposed new marine protected areas, rules for polluters and changes to commercial fishing methods have been revealed in a long-awaited master plan for the Hauraki Gulf.

As Govt announces its relief package, Kaikoura businesses spell out what they need to survive.

Sanford, New Zealand's largest listed fishing group, is in consultations with 232 staff who look likely to lose their jobs at the company.

Above the waters of the Hauraki Gulf, a marine farm might appear only a tidy row of racks, or a small bunch of ropes and buoys dotted against the blue.

The drowning of a PhD student who was washed off rocks while collecting water samples has prompted Auckland University to break with decades of research tradition.

Environmental columnist Sam Judd checks out the proposed controversial changes to areas for commercial harvesting for paua.

The threat of paralytic shellfish poisoning means eating shellfish from much of Northland's west coast is akin to playing Russian roulette.

A balance has to be found between the needs of bach and boat owners and of marine farmers, says the head of Aquaculture New Zealand.

As valuable to marine life as it is prized by humans, the Hauraki Gulf is in decline. Though solutions seem as elusive as the gulf's fish stocks, a groundswell is building for collaboration.

The Kiwi oyster industry hopes a Government grant will help the industry fight back from a two-year fight with a herpes virus.

The desert city of Abu Dhabi is the newest location for a vast caviar farm that dwarfs its global competitors.

Enjoy your shucking while it lasts. Wild oysters are now "functionally extinct" in many places where they were once plentiful.