… penguins are on a knife-edge; they are being caught as fishing industry bykill, and threatened by climate change and warming … bent over backwards to cater to existing users like the fishing industry – although ironically, the science is clear …

… & Bird is doing We are campaigning for Government and the fishing industry to adopt a Zero Bycatch Goal. We want the industry to shift towards jigging - a squid fishing method that doesn’t kill sea lions The Department of …

… calling for the wider Hauraki Gulf to Bay of Plenty cray-fishing area (known as CRA2) to be urgently closed for … undergone a significant decline. Without an urgent end to fishing pressure, crayfish could become functionally extinct … Zealand First need to stand up to the commercial fishing industry, and get serious about whether New Zealanders will …

… state of the environment warns that land-based pollution, fishing and plastics are harming the seas around New Zealand … we depend on the health of our ocean ecosystems. The fishing industry is already suffering the effects of degraded and …

… penguins, dolphins, whales, and marine industries like fishing and marine farming. “Only a few days ago in Australia … of Borneo, Indonesia, is devastating local wildlife and fishing. Oil extraction is not an industry that New Zealand needs or wants,” says Mr Hague. …

Forest & Bird is calling for the Government to get tough on climate change in the wake of a new report that says global warming can be kept to 1.5deg.   “The alternative is catastrophic ecological and economic loss, in return for the short-term profit of …

… half measures won’t save Māui dolphins. Set net and trawl fishing and dangers related to oil, gas and minerals … population.” Forest & Bird wants only dolphin-friendly fishing methods to be allowed in their habitat. This means switching from commercial and recreational set net fishing and commercial trawl fishing throughout the range of …

… set nets (known in other countries as gillnets) as the fishing gear causing most penguin deaths.  Set nets - walls … Yellow-eyed penguins face a number of threats, including fishing nets, climate change, disease and habitat … have failed to act to protect penguins from commercial fishing,” says Ms Baird. The global review recommends a …

Forest & Bird's Marlborough Branch volunteers have been trapping pest skinks in Blenheim. By Helen Braithwaite and Deleece Augustyn Plague skinks were first found in the South Island in 2018 and immediately the word went out to lizard enthusiasts to check …

… a win-win for New Zealand sea lions and commercial squid fishing.  The conservation organisation says their proposal … pups, while leaving 83 percent of the overall squid fishing area available to the trawl boats.”   The … scenario for New Zealand sea lions and for the fishing industry. The sea lion protection area won’t have any impact …

… and gas exploration. Forest & Bird wants dolphin-friendly fishing methods to be mandatory in Hector's and Māui dolphin … means switching from commercial and recreational set net fishing, and commercial trawl fishing to potting, long lining, and purse seine fishing …

… of people that want protection, and not be influenced by industry lobbyists. We need to protect the Gulf, not the interests of the commercial fishing industry.”  Bottom trawling is an indiscriminate fishing method that involves dragging large weighted nets …

Our unique and wonderful native freshwater fish are in serious trouble. Thank you for submitting on the Freshwater Fish Bill - submissions have now closed.  You can find out more about our freshwater fish here. … Protect freshwater …

… The expansion of our farming and fishing industries has put significant pressure on Waikato's … population, which is already under pressure by commercial fishing, very sensitive to any ecological impact. Brown teals … has been reduced significantly as a result of commercial fishing. Trawling and set nets pose a significant threat …

… Industries (MPI) advised it would be too expensive for industry.     The Government's decision was to delay …