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Whopper forecast for seafood exports

Seafood annual export earnings are expected to crack the $2 billion mark this year.

Friday 24 January 2020Read more >

Gathering ban could thwart giant kelp opportunities

Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) is the fastest growing and most prolific of all plant species...

Friday 20 December 2019Read more >

Vision to unite the primary sector

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern took a break from the Whakaari/White Island tragedy yesterday to...

Friday 13 December 2019Read more >

Seafood industry committed to seabird protection

New Zealand waters are seabird central.

Friday 6 December 2019Read more >

Greenpeace tactics painting an unbalanced view of fishing

You have to hand it to Greenpeace – they are master manipulators of the media.

Friday 29 November 2019Read more >

Taking action to safe-guard New Zealand's black-gold

The recreational paua daily bag limit has been halved in Canterbury, Marlborough and Nelson.

Friday 22 November 2019Read more >

Snapper fishery moving in a healthy direction

Best fishing ever in the Gulf at the moment, Andy McKay tweeted last weekend.

Friday 15 November 2019Read more >

An uncertain future for inter-generational fishing

The debate over the Maui and Hector’s dolphin Threat Management Plan has sparked another discussion...

Friday 8 November 2019Read more >

Appeal Court confirms regional councils may not override fisheries management

In an Appeal Court judgment issued today, it was determined that regional councils are precluded...

Monday 4 November 2019Read more >

Seafood industry welcomes NZ-China FTA upgrade

Trade Minister David Parker’s announcement this evening of a successful upgrade of the NZ-China...

Monday 4 November 2019Read more >

Great whites protected but not humans

Great white sharks are fearsome beasts.

Friday 1 November 2019Read more >

Fishing industry gets rare pat in latest marine report

The Capital’s daily newspaper, The Dominion Post, and the online Stuff site last week carried a...

Friday 25 October 2019Read more >

Seafood industry a powerhouse for communities

The fishing sector is an economic powerhouse, a new Government report has confirmed.

Friday 18 October 2019Read more >

Seafood industry welcomes Our Marine Environment report

Commercial fisheries' impact on the marine environment is reducing.

Thursday 17 October 2019Read more >

FishServe welcome Kerry Prendergast to the Board

Dame Kerry Prendergast is to join the Board of FishServe, a privately-owned company that provides...

Tuesday 15 October 2019Read more >

Bold but ambiguous plans for aquaculture

The Government’s aquaculture strategy has the bold aim of a five-fold increase in annual sales from...

Friday 11 October 2019Read more >

Orange roughy stocks continue recovery

The recovery of orange roughy stocks is gathering pace.

Friday 4 October 2019Read more >

Seafood key to feeding the world

Fisheries have an increasingly important role to play in feeding the world’s rapidly burgeoning...

Friday 27 September 2019Read more >

How fish can change the world

There was a surprising, if welcome revelation at the Aquaculture New Zealand conference in...

Friday 20 September 2019Read more >

New Zealand's primary production sector fights back

Last month, the New Zealand Herald published a Rangitikei farmer’s open letter to Jacinda Ardern.

Friday 13 September 2019Read more >

The unexpected consequences of doing the right thing

While captures of seabirds have decreased with improved offal and waste control practises aboard...

Friday 6 September 2019Read more >

Dolphin plan threatens butterfish supply

Wellington’s Muollo family has fished Cook Strait and its coastline for a century.

Friday 30 August 2019Read more >

He tangata, he tangata, he tangata. It is people, it is people, it is people.

Taranaki woman Jacqueline Bublitz has made a heartfelt personal submission on the potential impact...

Friday 23 August 2019Read more >

Lucrative China trade the focus of rock lobster conference

China was the recurring topic at a gathering of the Australasian rock lobster industry in...

Friday 16 August 2019Read more >

Seafood industry looks to build the blue economy

A settlement to the vexed issue of a Kermadecs ocean sanctuary must be based on objective science,...

Friday 9 August 2019Read more >

Planning for paua's future

China has become by far the world's biggest abalone/paua producer through massive subsidised...

Friday 2 August 2019Read more >

Seeking a fresh approach to the Kermadecs

The stalled Kermadecs Ocean Sanctuary proposal was not well handled by the Crown, according to...

Friday 26 July 2019Read more >

New Zealand fisheries a leading example

Canada has followed New Zealand’s example of good fisheries management.

Friday 12 July 2019Read more >

Industry bait setter a potential seabird game changer

Leigh longline fisherman Dave Kellian has long worried about protecting the seabirds that teem in...

Friday 5 July 2019Read more >

Fishers risk becoming an endangered species

Fishermen are wondering if they, too, risk becoming an endangered species.

Friday 28 June 2019Read more >

What about the wellbeing of our fishers and their families?

The dolphin threat management plan (TMP) released this week is all about image.

Friday 21 June 2019Read more >

Statement on Hector and Maui Threat Management proposals

This is a complex document and we need time to consider its implications. The industry is...

Monday 17 June 2019Read more >

New Zealand not alone in fighting attacks on reputation

Three years after the New Zealand fishing industry began a campaign to improve public perception of...

Friday 14 June 2019Read more >

Inaccuracies and conspiracy theories abound at fisheries lectures

If conspiracy theories could be personified, they would take the form of Dr Daniel Pauly.

Friday 31 May 2019Read more >

Fishing industry framed by cats

Disease is a bigger threat to endangered dolphins than commercial fishing. That is the finding of...

Friday 17 May 2019Read more >

New Zealand seafood on US restaurant chain menu

US-based Roger Berkowitz sells fish – a lot of it.

Friday 10 May 2019Read more >

Fishing event a winner amongst youngsters

Last Saturday at the wharf by Wellington’s Te Papa, an excited young fisher pulled up the catch of...

Friday 3 May 2019Read more >

Some bright spots in gloomy environmental report

An environmental stocktake shows most markers around the state and impact of New Zealand’s seafood...

Friday 26 April 2019Read more >

Sustainable New Zealand seafood on the rise

Nearly 14 percent of total global fisheries have now received the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)...

Friday 12 April 2019Read more >

National's Kermadec decision 'unprincipled' - Nash

The failure to establish the 620,000 square kilometre Kermadec Islands’ Marine Sanctuary was one of...

Monday 8 April 2019Read more >

The $75 million question - has the Tokatu investment paid off?

There was a lot riding on Sealord’s new vessel Tokatu and a shaky start led to anxious months as...

Friday 29 March 2019Read more >

Landing a solution to returns

Submissions closed last Sunday on the most significant changes to New Zealand fishing law proposed...

Friday 22 March 2019Read more >

Paua to the people right on

The focus this week is on far reaching fisheries management reform proposals.

Friday 15 March 2019Read more >

Just enough Bluffies to kick-start the season

The exclusive member only Wellington Club was this week offering one Bluff oyster for $20.

Friday 8 March 2019Read more >

The end of a fishy marathon

We find them guilty too. That was the verdict from the seafood industry after the sentencing of...

Friday 1 March 2019Read more >

Industry committed to limiting impact

It is distressing whenever seabirds or mammals are caught during commercial fishing, but much is...

Friday 22 February 2019Read more >

Engagement key for new phase of fisheries management

Current fisheries management reform proposals are the most significant in a generation.

Friday 15 February 2019Read more >

Summer catch and fishing rants

You have to feel for Legasea’s Scott Macindoe.

Friday 25 January 2019Read more >

Reflections on a good year for the seafood sector

As 2018 draws to a close it is timely to review the industry’s accomplishments and challenges.

Friday 14 December 2018Read more >

Creating value from a blue economy

Creating greater value from a marine-based blue economy is among 40 Sustainable Seas projects...

Friday 7 December 2018Read more >

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