Land: New Zealand

The government of New Zealand has chalked out a national plan of action to protect the sharks from overfishing.

The government of New Zealand has approved the plan for the country’s largest offshore marine farm.

Scientists warn that New Zealand dolphins are under severe threat due to commercial fishing which uses nets.

Employees of two Korean foreign-flagged, fishing vessels have been fined a total of $360,000 and an order was made to forfeit their vessels to the Crown, after being caught ‘trucking’ more than 700 tonnes of Ling in New Zealand waters.

The 15th annual meeting of the Commission for the Conservation

The Nelson District Court has found Sealord guilty of dumping waste fish from one of its vessels.

The fisheries jury is now in and quota systems are

An agreement between Iwi Maori and the Crown has been signed over resolution of ‘pre-commencement’ (1992-2004) aquaculture interests in the South Island and the Coromandel.

Ministry of Fisheries has just published the latest figures on status of New Zealand fish stocks in its annual report.

Supreme Court of New Zealand grants leave to appeal contentious fisheries management priorities.