The Update

Listening to Radio New Zealand ‘The Panel’ members muse on the Hauraki Gulf, I noticed how the Gulf tends to be alluded to as a treasure, a jewel, and…

On 14 June, the University of Washington released substantial analysis casting further doubt on the Sala et al. 2021 study that was published in the…

The Ministry for Primary Industries yesterday launched its latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries (SOPI). The report notes that seafood…

With big challenges on the horizon and submissions sought on the future of commercial fishing, the industry explains why it sees much to gain in a…

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