Barratt says Sanford is on track to land about $25 million worth of the fish in this New Zealand season.

Commercial fishermen are being blamed for dead marlin found floating off the Manukau Harbour.

Anglers are catching a range of fish species rarely seen along the Western Bay coastline, while others are disappearing.

Sharks are being slaughtered at an unsustainable rate, with a new study showing 100 million are killed a year.

Conservationists say our lack of protection measures for sharks is a source of global embarrassment but the industry argues the debate is clouded by emotion.

The navy may not be able to monitor illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean because its ships are not up to the task.

There could be some fish hooks in the way prizes are allocated in future but the organisers of the southern hemisphere's biggest snapper contest say it will definitely be held again next year.

An expedition to one of the deepest ocean trenches has discovered a new species of fish and another not previously caught in the southwest Pacific.

A New Zealand environmental activist says fishing boats off the coast of Canterbury are sneaking into a mammal sanctuary at night and fishing illegally.

New Zealand fishing company Sanford has been fined $2.27 million for dumping oil waste from its Tuna fishing vessel

Dead fish, most of them snapper, have washed up on beaches in one of the most beautiful and popular holiday spots in the country.

Labour says it has not taken a position on whether to back the United States proposal for a large reserve in the Antarctic's Ross Sea.