Environmental columnist Sam Judd takes a look at the disastrous consequences of the Japan earthquake on our food chain.

The controversy over proposals to cut recreational snapper fishing has not affected the actual fishing.

The commercial fishing industry has accused recreational fishers of overfishing and depleting snapper stocks.

Proposed cuts to snapper limits could have widespread adverse effects - to the New Zealand marine industry and its exports, to provincial towns and some of our poorest communities.

Consumers of fish who do not take pleasure in the kill should be considered in debate too.

The snapper comparison set a lovely trap for Labour leader David Shearer, who obliged by falling into it, writes Claire Trevett.

The indication that individual snapper have been growing more slowly over the past 15 years is a sign that all is not well, Raewyn Pearl.

There is no system of recording just how many snapper are not landed because commercial fishers are over their quota, writes Bill Hohepa.

A fishy stunt in Parliament by Labour leader David Shearer appeared to backfire after it spawned a round of dead fish jokes.

A winter of discontent in heartland National Party territory has nothing to do with the GCSB bill, as John Key likes to point out

New Zealand's largest iwi, Ngapuhi, has thrown its weight behind a campaign to protect the snapper bag limit of recreational anglers.

Nathan Guy - it's time to front up and talk to fishers and maybe then you can say we're in the process of a public consultation, writes John Durrant.

Maori fishing quota holders will be exempt from legislation designed to protect migrant workers on foreign chartered vessels from exploitation.

Snapper fishing and diving have been producing some excellent bags in spite of the wintry conditions.

The best place to find snapper is close around the rocks, which is good news for shore-based fishermen as well as those in small boats.

The passions that fishing can arouse are hard to fathom for the unconverted. Many think the odds are stacked in favour of the fish and leave it to the experts.

A Whangarei man who has been a commercial fisher for 40 years is disputing reports that Northland snapper stocks are below sustainable levels.

Sensitivity over new management options for the country's biggest snapper fishery is prompting deep thought within the Ministry for Primary Industries.

Editorial: It's time recreational fishers thought about the sustainability of snapper stock, as the species' number around the North Island continues to dwindle.