… Recreational fishing is a major threat to our seabirds. They can get caught on hooks, nets and other fishing gear. The growing popularity and the sheer number of … a copy of our guide and keep it on your boat or in your fishing bag. It will show you how to avoid catching seabirds …

… Forest & Bird is releasing letters showing Talley’s fishing co, along with other bottom trawling … court on charges of illegal bottom trawling. “New Zealand fishing companies have been fishing for orange roughy, … Ministers Winston Peters, and Shane Jones. “The fishing industry spends big bucks on ads insisting we should trust …

… tonnes of coal per year, with the biggest users being industry, electricity, and stee making. Dairy factories account for about two-thirds of the total industry usage. Other much smaller industrial users include … generation will need to increase by 20% to 2035, as industry and transport sectors use more electricity. It says …

… species of struggling native seabird that were captured by fishing boats last year. The most recent official observer … over 35 species of seabird were captured by commercial fishing boats in New Zealand waters in just 12 months from … estimated to have been captured or killed by commercial fishing boats in just one year, and Forest & Bird says one of …

… voices, including mana whenua, commercial and recreational fishing, aquaculture, communities, scientists, and … enjoy the fun of being out on the water as much as the fishing. What changes have you seen in the Hauraki Gulf? I … Gulf food chain is under attack on all sides from over-fishing, pollution, sewer outfalls, farming runoff, and …

… never to  buy or eat it again. Some said they would stop fishing for  them or would fish less. But many people wanted …

… with community groups to secure a ten-year break from fishing in three areas and recently won an Environment Court … 46 km2 around the Mimiwhangata peninsula There will be no fishing, recreational or commercial, allowed inside these areas. However, Ministry of Fisheries customary fishing rules will apply. A ban on bottom trawling and purse …

… showed that observer coverage of New Zealand longline fishing effort has steadily dropped from 25.8% of hooks in … likely that many of those 35,000 birds were killed by fishing long liners on the high seas – bycatch is the … August this year, looked at overlap of tracked birds with fishing boats and found that the greatest overlap was with …

… fails the sustainability test. New Zealand’s fishing industry likes to portray itself as a world-leading example … by university research published in 2016 which showed the industry had taken nearly three times as much fish than …

… is further support for a precautionary approach towards fishing and other threats. “This new information confirms the industry proposal for net based fishing near Māui dolphins won’t work because it relies on …

… coastal marine species and habitats from the effects of fishing.   “Forest & Bird is pleased the Crown has changed … will be arguing against the views of three commercial fishing organisations which are seeking to overturn the High Court’s decision. They are the NZ Rock Lobster Industry Council, Fisheries Inshore NZ, and the Pāua Industry …

… longfin. Loss of wetlands and historical commercial fishing practice has impacted heavily on their populations. …

… show your support for more marine protection Destructive fishing methods such as bottom trawling, dredging, and Danish …

… Forest & Bird is welcoming a fishing industry commitment to reduce the West Coast hoki quota by 22 … going to collapse due to poor breeding. “Back then, the industry fought tooth and nail to retain their quota levels …

… from quietly fading into the sunset, New  Zealand’s coal industry has survived drastic  restructuring,  rollercoaster … we need to look back  into the past of this boom-and-bust industry. The first recorded coal mine in New Zealand was  a … to  benefit from any resurgence of the New Zealand coal  industry.  Birchfield Coal Mines, for example, is another …