Land: New Zealand

The rest of the country has three months to wait until New Year’s celebrations but for most fishermen, tomorrow is the start of a new year.

Increase in quota in smooth oreo on the South Island’s east coast is a perfect example of good fisheries management.

‘Business as usual’ is how the New Zealand Seafood Industry describes the Minister of Fisheries’ decision to increase the commercial catch limits for hoki this year by 20,000 tonnes, said the seafood industry’s DeepWater Group chief executive George Clement.

Less than two weeks after the New York Times ran

In a rebuke to a New York Times story questioning the sustainability of New Zealand’s hoki fisheries [From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch, 09/09/09], the New Zealand Seafood Industry struck back today in an open letter to the newspaper detailing a variety of omissions and distortions in its reporting that painted an erroneous picture of the nation’s fisheries community.

Fisheries Minister Phil Heatley today released Fisheries 2030, a goal

New Zealand seafood industry will respond positively to the government’s

Fisheries Minister Hon Phil Heatley has today announced the introduction of electronic catch reporting, a move that will bring an important part of the fisheries process into the modern day and save all parties considerable time and money.

Greenpeace has blocked a fishing vessel attempting to leave Auckland harbour to protest bottom trawling.

Fishing and environmental groups have come together under one roof to fight for the future of fisheries in New Zealand.