Pāua play: Seafood picnic turns sour after mum nabbed by fisheries officer
Rules 'open to interpretation' says pinged pāua collector; officials says rules are clear.
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DoC ups licence fees on ‘world's finest trout fishing’
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Deadly waters: Urgent call for new lifejacket laws after 'staggering' stats
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Sanford to sell inshore fishing business
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Seabed mining inquiry causes controversy
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Public submissions on temporary fishery closure sought by MPI
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Northland crayfish limits cut for recreational and commercial fishers
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NZ King Salmon back in black after big loss
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' Mint’ conditions expected for Snapper Bonanza
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France ordered to curb mass dolphin deaths in fishing nets
Activists urge safer fishing practices to protect dolphins from fatal encounters.
Coromandel scallop fishery to stay shut
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'Freaked out': Poacher caught with 250 pāua fled fisheries officers by running into the sea
Pāua poacher sprung at checkpoint fled into the sea with suitcases of shellfish.
Sensitive fishing data to be kept from public at appeal hearing
Data on fishing in fragile marine area in the South Island to remain confidential.
Chilly bin to the rescue for stranded fishermen
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Reefs 'teeming with life' found on Pātea seabed amid mining case
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Ex-Ocean Race sailor turns focus to exposing NZ coast's underwater beauty, environmental emergency
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Some Māori risking lives to provide seafood for whānau
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