The Update

Turns out that an awful lot of things are to do with the price of fish, but some are more necessary than others.

If you are still swimming at Papamoa beach, there is a good reason for that, and it is not good news.

Sir Ian Taylor spoke about the use of technology in the seafood industry and how the opportunities for technology to transform were limitless.

There is a hint of nostalgia in the stories being brought back from the Chathams these days.

Most proposed legislation relating to the seafood industry, of which there has been an awful lot lately, is pretty easy to spot.

This year, at the iconic Visa Wellington on a Plate festival, seafood will be centre stage.

The implementation of a ban on three reefs is beginning to have worrying wider impacts – most recently in the waters off the Waikato coastline.

The fishing industry has been under fire for 12 months after a claim that bottom trawling released more carbon into the ocean than all airline travel.

The Primary Production Select Committee has been hearing submissions on the Fisheries Amendment Bill.

Guest column by Nick Mason, Partner at Pitt & Moore law firm.

It has been 22 years, but NZ’s determination to lead the global push to eliminate fisheries subsidies had an outcome last week at the WTO.

Export figures show that support from MPI is paying real dividends in the dairy, meat and wool, arable, forestry, horticulture, and seafood sectors.