by F&O NEWS DESK | Apr 21, 2020 | News
NZ Seafood Sustainability Awards postponed The inaugural New Zealand Seafood Sustainability Awards dinner has been postponed indefinitely because of COVID-19. Award winners were to be announced at a dinner in Wellington on 18 March 2020, before New Zealand was placed...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Apr 17, 2020 | News
Nearly 8000 individuals made a submission calling for the introduction of a catch limit, fishing licence, and data collection to the whitebait fishery through a Forest & Bird online submission page. “Four of the native freshwater fish caught as whitebait are in...
by F&O NEWS DESK | Apr 1, 2020 | News
Fisheries New Zealand and the Department of Conservation (DOC) are seeking public feedback on a proposed network of marine protected areas off the southeast coast of the South Island. The proposed network includes six marine reserves, where marine life would be fully...