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An orange roughy fishery south of Stewart Island has been given the green light to reopen after 19 years.

The aquaculture industry still has a social licence battle to win, Environment Minister Nick Smith told the sector's annual conference in Nelson…

The Stewart Island paua fishery is in such good heart, the Ministry for Primary Industries stock assessment pointed to a possible catch increase.

Frustration is building around obvious flaws in the rushed introduction of new monitoring technology across the fishing fleet.

And so it begins in earnest.

New Zealand's main skipjack tuna purse seine fishery has been certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) as being sustainably managed.

Seafood New Zealand says the industry is delighted that the Government has decided to bring forward the ban on microbeads.

Despite the howls of indignation by recreational fishing lobby groups– and the short, sharp rejection of new policy around recreational fishing by MPI…

Seafood production and procurement can be a complicated business.

Seafood production and procurement can be a complicated business.