The Update

Ocean grabbing is where tracts of resource-rich marine environment is removed from commercial use and placed in a no-take marine reserve.

Governments globally have been subsidising fishing fleets for decades. For the past twenty years, talks have been going on to have them halted.

One in 10 of all militarised interstate disputes, which are conflicts just short of war, have been over the rights to fish in the world’s oceans.

Consultation by Fisheries New Zealand on recreational limits for finfish is welcomed, but suggest they go further.

It was heartening this to see academics reinforcing the New Zealand fishing industry’s stance, supported by science, that the cat borne disease…

Pam Williams, the founder of Wanganui Trawlers, which later became Wanganui Seafoods, passed away on October 5, aged 88.

After thousands of hours of collaborative work, the announcement that the Kaikōura pāua and kina fisheries will open in December is wonderful news.

Oceans and Fisheries Minister, David Parker, has announced the reviews of 15 fish stocks in the twice-yearly sustainability round.

The World Fisheries Congress, underway now in Adelaide, South Australia, has gone virtual due to Covid-19 global travel restrictions.

The rollout of geospatial position reporting (GPR) and real time electronic reporting (ER) is proving its worth.

The fight to put the Antipodean albatross in first place in this year’s Bird of the Year Awards is starting hard and starting early.

The strike from Ngāi Tahu on New Zealand’s largest seafood company surprised the industry, but the impact of that stake should not be underestimated.