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Fishing: Casting the bait

Fish are motivated by two factors - food and security.

Best Fish Guide should revisit the facts

COMMENT: A strong correlation was found between the state of the country's fish stocks and the quality of its fisheries management, writes Tim Pankhurst.

William Trubridge: Rare dolphins still not protected

Freedive world champion William Trubridge has penned a letter to the fishing industry, calling for more action to protect New Zealand's endangered dolphin species.

Charles Shadbolt made ONZM

Independent Fisheries boss Charles Shadbolt has been made acknowledged in the New Year Honours for his devotion to helping others and his services to the fishing industry.

Traffic on water can scare away snapper

The holiday season is under way and there will be people heading out on to the water looking for fish all around the coast from Wellington to North Cape.

Fishing boat Te Aroha rises from the ashes

After extensive fire damage the Greymouth fishing boat Te Aroha has risen from the ashes and is back trawling off the West Coast.

Kaikoura crayfish ban to lift next week

Important fishery in good shape after Kaikoura earthquake.

Sanford moves to restrict foreign shareholders to protect quotas

Sanford, the fishing company which counts the Goodfellow family as a cornerstone investor, has asked shareholders to vote for a constitutional

Path of destruction and dim-wittedness

COMMENT: Think of your least favourite ministry then multiply it by a thousand. That's roughly how much I despise the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Watch NZH Local Focus: 50 tonnes of massive mussels in Opotiki

Check out these mussels, from New Zealand’s first commercial open ocean marine farm, off the coast of Opotiki. Made with funding from NZ on Air.

Pankhurst: Industry keen to fix dumping

COMMENT: The impression that inshore fishermen are routinely breaking the law is untrue and unfair.

39 albatrosses killed during fishing trips

The skipper of a commercial fishing boat admitted failing to scare seabirds away and may have cost his employer his vessel.

Fishing reserve approved

The Minister for Primary Industries has approved a customary fishing reserve in Otago Harbour following an eight-year consultation and proposal process.

Calls for new inquiry into fish dumping intensify

Influential recreational fishing group Legasea has added its voice to calls for further investigation into fish dumping in NZ.

Failure to prosecute boats 'flawed'

The decision not to prosecute commercial fishing boats which were caught on camera dumping tonnes of healthy fish in New Zealand waters was "flawed".

Stricter bag limits for fishers inevitable - report

New Zealand's booming population and relaxed recreational fishing rules mean more stringent bag limits and seasonal closures are inevitable, new paper says.