The Update

People love dolphins, they never fail to draw a crowd.

The UN has declared 2022 the year of artisanal fishing and aquaculture.

A small victory in Australia over plant-based products being disguised as the “real thing” following a report.

Whilst champagne corks popped, there are mutters from both ends of the world that the agreement, in discussion for two years, is not that shiny.

Climate change, not fishing, is winning the most unpopular contest to be the biggest threat to the world’s marine ecosystems.

The AP recently struck a deal with the US-based Walton Family Foundation to ‘provide sunlight and accountability to change the seafood industry’.

This summer has delivered perfect weather, along with sobering examples of why it might be time for a firmer grip on a popular Kiwi pastime.

A recent paper proves fishing in New Zealand (along with Australia) is having little impact on the ocean floor.

In a rare move this month, a scientific paper was retracted by the highly regarded Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).

A NIWA report has shown serious land-based effects to water quality in the Mahau Sound, in Marlborough’s Pelorus Sound.

Rollout of cameras for fisheries officers follows a shocking increase in violence against those attempting to police the theft of our kaimoana.

Work is being done on ‘coastal darkening’ and the University of Auckland is looking at the issue in the context of the Hauraki Gulf.