Ministry of Fisheries

In the News | Published: 14 September 201614 February 2019

A new report from the New Zealand Initiative – the first of three – suggests recreational fishers might face greater […]

In the News | Published: 09 November 201109 November 2011

The forensic analysis of paint has lead to the fining of a fisherman for the illegal dumping of excess fish, […]

In the News | Published: 07 July 2010

The Ministry of Fisheries has said that despite efforts, the orange roughy fishery on the Chatham Rise is continuing to […]

In the News | Published: 30 June 2010

Kiran Chug writes in the Dominion Post about giant New Zealand crabs which, says the author of a study into […]

In the News | Published: 31 May 201031 May 2010

Peter Huck writes in the New Zealand Herald about our fisheries situation, the Quota Management System (introduced in the late […]

In the News | Published: 09 March 201014 February 2019

Nick Churchouse writes in the Dominion Post about the view of an eminent NZ scientist that decisions on commercial fishing […]