Fishing for fun a rich seam waiting to be mined
Of every 100 fish taken from the seas around New Zealand, 94 are caught by the commercial fishing industry and six by recreational anglers.
Of every 100 fish taken from the seas around New Zealand, 94 are caught by the commercial fishing industry and six by recreational anglers.
COMMENT: If we are to have faith in our government and the system that governs our fisheries we need to know more, writes Richard Baker. Nathan Guy needs to show strong leadership and demand a comprehensive, independent inquiry with broad terms of referen
World champion puts pressure on fast food giant as Government says it will fast-track the roll-out of monitoring equipment on commercial fishing boats.
Sanford will book a $5 million impairment charge on the sale of its last Pacific Tuna vessel when it reports half-year earnings.
COMMENT: Research has uncovered decades-long, large-scale fish dumping, now let's work together on correcting this.
Heavy rain and a changing barometer put a smile on the faces of fly fishers in Rotorua and Taupo.
The quota system needs to change to ensure commercial fishermen are not illegally dumping catch, says fisherman.
The theory of tradeable quotas always sounded too good to be true.
Greenpeace has levelled conflicts of interest accusations at a scientist who played an important role in New Zealand fishery policies.
At Lake Taupo, the delta of the Tongariro River has been fishing well for the past three weeks.
Large kahawai and good-sized snapper and big trevally are producing a windfall for anglers fishing from the shore around Auckland.
The fishing industry is taking the Government to court over a proposed marine sanctuary in the Kermadec Islands.
It's disappointing that commercial fishing interests are now trying to frame the debate as being about Maori opposing the sanctuary, writes Alex Smith.
The Indian Summer continues to bring warm sea conditions and snapper fishing has taken off.
The lesson took place on a remote section of our rocky coast about eight hours' drive from Auckland.
With a 3.6m high tide in the harbour, the channels would be unfishable.
What does an ex-All Black captain do when he's done and dusted with the game?
David Baty, the director of Prestige Events, still hasn't handed over ute prize to contest winners.
There could and should be millions more snapper in the Hauraki Gulf.
The man who put a Hawke's Bay fisherman through a lie detector test over disputed catch stands by the results but admits the test isn't perfect.
Details have emerged about how an angler allegedly failed a lie detector test after reeling in a huge marlin.
All 15 trawlers operating in snapper one fishery, the country's most lucrative fishery have adopted the technology.
The true cost of unsanctioned fishing in Pacific tuna fisheries - potentially stretching over $600 million - has been condemned as "larceny on the high seas".
The Ministry for Primary Industries and New Zealand's big three fishing companies have joined forces to develop a new "Tiaki" category of premium seafood.
Apart from game fishing for marlin and tuna, most people have struggled to catch fish everywhere from the Bay of Plenty to Northland in the past two weeks.