New monitoring programme for Snapper 1 fishing vessels
Tuesday, 26 November 2013, 2:02 pm Press Release: Hon Nathan Guy Minister for Primary Industries 26 November 2013 New monitoring programme for Snapper 1 fishing vessels Minister for Primary Industries...
View ArticleNew snapper rules a good compromise
Wednesday, 18 September 2013, 9:07 am Press Release: Scott Simpson MP For Coromandel New snapper rules a good compromise Coromandel MP Scott Simpson says new rules for the management of Snapper One...
View ArticleFish dumping incident investigated (Ministry for Primary Industries of New...
(Source: Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand) The Ministry for Primary Industries is investigating a potential fish-dumping incident off the coast of Northland on Friday (31 July). MPI...
View ArticleCommercial skipper in black-market chain sentenced - 18 November 2013...
(Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry of New Zealand) November 18, 2013 MPI applauds the hefty sentence handed out last week to a commercial fishing skipper operating out of Tauranga for his...
View ArticleSkippers convicted for taking undersized fish (State Government of New South...
(Source: State Government of New South Wales) 03 Oct 2013 Commercial fishers are being warned to adhere to strict fish size limits and licence conditions or face the consequences after skippers of two...
View ArticleCommercial fisher failed to declare abandoned fish - 20 February 2014...
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View ArticleMPI and Police on patrol around Coromandel (Ministry for Primary Industries...
(Source: Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand) Fishery officers were patrolling both sides of the Coromandel Peninsula last week with the help of the Auckland-based police vessel Deodar III....
View ArticleCommercial fisher failed to declare abandoned fish
Thursday, 20 February 2014, 2:45 pm Press Release: Commercial fisher failed to declare abandoned fish A Coromandel-based commercial fisher has been fined $6750 for abandoning fish at sea and had to pay...
View ArticleFishermen bite in snapper bag limit fight
Possible cuts to recreational bag limits in New Zealand's most prized snapper fishery have anglers spooked - and some are warning the proposed changes could come back to bite the Government....
View ArticleAnglers on attack over snapper cutbacks
The Waikato Times revisits people who made headlines in the past. Today, Harry Pearl looks at new snapper catch limits. Anglers are still simmering six months after contentious changes to fishing rules...
View ArticleMPI investigates accidental loss of fish off Muriwai (Ministry for Primary...
(Source: Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand) New vessel monitoring technology allowed Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) fishery officers to meet a commercial boat arriving in port after...
View ArticleIt's a fish fight
The proposed changes to the snapper allocation pits recreational fishermen against commercial operations. In 1999, Darryl O'Keefe was made an offer he couldn't refuse. His father-in-law, Roy Andrews,...
View ArticleHelp sought on potential fish abandonment (Ministry for Primary Industries of...
(Source: Ministry for Primary Industries of New Zealand) MPI is seeking public information about a potential fish-abandonment incident at Waikawau Bay on the Thames Coast of Coromandel Peninsula. The...
View ArticleBaby snapper ending up in overseas fish markets
On a good day the view from Brian Hart's workplace is hard to beat. For the past five months the Tairua builder has been swinging a hammer at a building site at Paku Hill, with sea views encompassing...
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