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Let's talk about mental health

They’re taking mental health seriously in the Australian fishing industry and in New Zealand there...

Friday 7 August 2020Read more >

Seafood industry celebrated at the Seafood Sustainability Awards

The big winner at last night’s Seafood Sustainability Awards was a man who has spent almost 20...

Tuesday 4 August 2020Read more >

A goodbye to Peter Stevens - a guest column by his mate, Daryl Sykes

At a time when the QMS seems to be under increasing scrutiny by ill-informed critics there is...

Friday 31 July 2020Read more >

Focus on primary industry job growth welcomed by seafood industry

The launch today of the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI) new website on jobs is welcomed by...

Monday 27 July 2020Read more >

Bad behaviour brings us all down

It’s been a long ten days of scandal in political circles and it has drawn well-deserved public...

Friday 24 July 2020Read more >

The bright blue future - strangled in red tape

In the world of New Zealand seafood, aquaculture, it must be said, has always been the teacher’s...

Friday 17 July 2020Read more >

Seafood industry praises MPI for successful theft conviction

The successful conviction today in the Wellington District Court of a commercial fisherman for...

Tuesday 14 July 2020Read more >

Farmers, fishers and growers - how the primary sector will save New Zealand's bacon

On Tuesday this week, the Prime Minister announced a multi-agency, multi-million-dollar plan to dig...

Friday 10 July 2020Read more >

Hard questions needed on dolphin redress

The Ministry for Primary Industries is beginning to reveal the extent of the ex-gratia payments to...

Friday 3 July 2020Read more >

The dolphin decision - a cost/benefit analysis

It’s landed, and the fallout is just beginning.

Friday 26 June 2020Read more >

Good fisheries management - the only solution to overfishing globally - FAO

The 2020 State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture report (SOFIA) has landed from the Food and...

Friday 19 June 2020Read more >

Building a plane out of bananas, and other dumb ideas

LegaSea’s Rescue Fish plan, released two weeks ago, is apparently the answer to ‘restoring fish...

Friday 12 June 2020Read more >

Scientific integrity must be paramount in a fake news world

Many a beautiful theory has been killed by an ugly fact, so the saying goes, and a demonstration of...

Friday 5 June 2020Read more >

Fishing and the environment - it shouldn't be an either/or

This week’s release of the National Plan of Action on seabirds was the result of three years of...

Friday 29 May 2020Read more >

Warming waters an increasing threat to the planet and fishing

The volume of chatter about the global environment has been temporarily turned down while the world...

Friday 22 May 2020Read more >

Forging into a new food frontier

A report from KPMG recently provided a stark wake up call for food producers who believed that...

Friday 15 May 2020Read more >

Fishers and farmers lead economic recovery charge

With New Zealand peering into an economic abyss as restrictions on many businesses continue, there...

Friday 8 May 2020Read more >

Kindness in a crisis - how the industry is stepping up

With little fuss the seafood industry has been quietly helping out the community in the COVID-19...

Friday 1 May 2020Read more >

Commercial fishing industry welcomes Fish Mainland

The endorsement by government of a new recreational fishing lobby group has put wind in the sails...

Friday 24 April 2020Read more >

Alert level three could bring a welcome relief for seafood

The Prime Minister’s announcement yesterday around exactly what services would be permitted to...

Friday 17 April 2020Read more >

Fisheries Inshore welcome the Eastern tarakihi rebuild plan

Fisheries Inshore New Zealand, Te Ohu Kaimoana and Southern Inshore Fisheries welcome the release...

Thursday 9 April 2020Read more >

Seafood industry grateful for its essential workers

Two weeks in and two weeks to go, given the best possible circumstances.

Thursday 9 April 2020Read more >

Seafood sector adapts to uncertain times

The seafood sector is rapidly coming to terms with life in lockdown.

Friday 3 April 2020Read more >

Understanding the emergency - what COVID-19 means for the seafood industry

Forty eight hours into lockdown, with a State of Emergency now in force, the landscape for doing...

Friday 27 March 2020Read more >

Seafood industry battles on through pandemic

These are testing global times and the seafood industry is far from immune to the fall out.

Friday 20 March 2020Read more >

Jeremy Helson named new chief executive of Seafood New Zealand

Dr Jeremy Helson has been appointed chief executive of Seafood New Zealand.

Tuesday 17 March 2020Read more >

First two roadshows well-attended

Seafood NZ’s Promise 2020 roadshow kicked off in Nelson, Australasia’s largest fishing port, last...

Friday 13 March 2020Read more >

NZ's clean-green image backed by environment survey

Perceptions of the New Zealand environment are improving, according to a long running survey by...

Friday 28 February 2020Read more >

A fresh voice for recreational fishers

Co-operation rather than condemnation is the byword for a recreational fishing group gaining...

Friday 21 February 2020Read more >

Paua poachers slammed by industry

The Paua Industry Council (PIC) has praised the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) for a sting...

Friday 14 February 2020Read more >

Hard-hit rock lobster fishery looks for relief

A request by the New Zealand Rock Lobster Industry Council for approval to carry over uncaught...

Friday 14 February 2020Read more >

Industry committed to a no-harm seabird policy

The seafood sector is supporting a National Plan of Action to protect seabirds.

Friday 7 February 2020Read more >

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 >

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