Future of counselling services for rural Māori secured in South Otago
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 06 Apr 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) has stepped into fund counselling services for...
Repeat pāua poachers from Wellington and Napier banned from fishing for 3 years
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
A Lower Hutt man and a Napier man have each received 3-year fishing bans for repeatedly taking excess and undersize...
Rāhui and legal controls to protect Bluff oysters
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 30 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
Ngāi Tahu and Biosecurity New Zealand are today enacting a rāhui and a...
Auckland fishers fined $4,000 for taking cockles from a closed site
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
A security guard, mother, and office worker were together fined $4,000 plus $390 court costs for their part in taking...
Fisherman fined $13,000 for not protecting seabirds
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 26 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
The former master of a Hawke’s Bay fishing vessel has been fined $13,000...
Sustainability measures set new fishing limits
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Date: 26 Mar 2021
Media contact: MPI media team
Fisheries New Zealand has today announced changes to catch limits for 14 fish...
More testing after Bonamia ostreae find in Foveaux Strait oysters
Source: Ministry for Primary Industries
Biosecurity New Zealand will begin further testing of oysters from Foveaux Strait, near Stewart Island, after 3 wild oysters from...