The Update

Oceans and Fisheries Minister Rachel Brooking has only been in the role a little more than a month and her first speech was yesterday, to delegates at…

Objections to the overlapping powers of the Resource Management Act (RMA), and the Fisheries Act have been addressed by the Environment Select…

Two years after being received, a paper questioning claims that trawling generates more carbon than air travel has finally been published in the same…

The Fisheries New Zealand Seafood Sustainability Awards were last held in 2020 because of Covid disruptions and it is great to see them back to…

Stories of investment in the commercial fishing industry are demonstrating that the tide is turning on a difficult few years.

A plan to transform the seafood industry was yesterday announced by Oceans and Fisheries Minister Rachel Brooking.

The plan was the result of…

The announcement this month by Immigration Minister Michael Wood that he is adjusting immigration settings for some sectors is to be applauded and the…

New, more conservative rules will be in place for recreational pāua fishers as the Kaikōura fishery reopens this weekend

The University of Washington has again been at the forefront of questioning the science in supposedly

peer-reviewed papers in esteemed scientific…

The deadline for entry into MPI's Sustainability Awards is the end of next week and the companies,

people, and those that have received awards in the…

The Outstanding New Zealand Food Awards has awarded seven gold medals, four silver, and one bronze to New Zealand seafood producers.

Blurred line between the Fisheries Act and the Resource Management Act makes life more difficult for fishers.