by F&O NEWS DESK | Jun 3, 2021 | News
The new changes to whitebait regulations announced by the government won’t bring back native fish from breaking point, said Forest & Bird freshwater advocate Annabeth Cohen. The new rules include a shorter season and changes to the gear allowed, with the...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Sep 1, 2020 | News
The Department of Conservation (DOC) released its reconsidered Tahr Control Operational Plan for 2020/2021, which describes how DOC will control Himalayan tahr on public conservation land to protect native alpine ecosystems. Following the High Court decision in July,...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Apr 17, 2020 | News
The New Zealand Deerstalkers’ Association (NZDA) has appointed keen hunter and highly experienced lawyer Gwyn Thurlow as the organisation’s chief executive and general counsel. Thurlow has wide corporate legal experience and holds both a Bachelor of Laws and a...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Mar 5, 2020 | Features, Fishing
From fishing with her father and brother as a child and spending winters as a family fishing the waters in Turangi, to being named in the New Zealand Fly Fishing team heading to competition later this year, you could say it’s been a whirlwind for Waikato fly fisher...