September 21, 2022
Proposed changes to the laws governing fisheries will remove the current protections for fish sustainability and affect fishing rights for more than 600,000 fishers. Currently, the Minister of Oceans and Fisheries has a statutory duty to manage fish stocks to a level that provides for future generations’ needs, and to consider public input. The Minister […]
September 2, 2022
This year opening of the scallop season yesterday is cause for sadness rather than celebration this year as scallop beds across the country are closed. Years of intensive dredging from commercial and recreational fishers, combined with warming waters and land run off have decimated our scallop populations to the point that there are virtually no […]
September 2, 2022
By Andrew Johnson, New Zealand Sport Fishing Council. The opening of the scallop season historically a day of celebration, spring is here and the days are getting longer. This year, it’s more sobering. Restrictions on scallop harvest mean that scallops are now virtually inaccessible to most kiwis. We’ve all heard the lamenting cry ‘it’s […]
August 25, 2022
The Kai Ika Project, a kaupapa which shares previously unwanted fish heads and frames with appreciative Auckland communities, is marking a major milestone this week. Since starting in 2016, the Kai Ika Project has now recovered and donated more than 250,000 kgs of kai moana via Papatūānuku Kōkiri Marae and other distribution outlets. None of […]
July 28, 2022
Despite the stormy and cold weather that is keeping most of us on land and not out fishing, there is plenty going on in the fisheries space. We have the Fisheries Amendment Bill before parliament that may remove the public’s voice from fisheries management decisions. There is the proposed Waikato Regional Council Coastal Plan that threatens to stop […]
July 27, 2022
Thousands of Waikato people objected to the Waikato Regional Council’s Coastal Plan that proposes no-take fishing areas within 12 miles of the coastline. Submitters had until Friday 22 July to have their say on the draft Plan. In two days more than 2,700 people objected before submissions closed. The Council was seeking public views […]
July 27, 2022
By Derrick Paull I heard the term ‘Sustainable depletion’ a few years ago and it sticks in my mind as the best description of what fisheries managers with the commercial lobby driving them, are serving us up every year. Colin Moyle, the Minister responsible for the introduction of the Quota Management System stated “Government’s position […]
July 20, 2022
Once again we have a regional council looking to impose restrictions or closures in the marine space using the Resource Management Act (RMA), not the Fisheries Act. This is not acceptable. The Waikato Regional Council (WRC) is seeking the public’s views on whether they need to restrict particular recreational or commercial activities in some coastal […]
June 28, 2022
Last week was a busy one for LegaSea and the NZ Sport Fishing Council: deciphering the sneakily crafted Fisheries Amendment Bill, preparing our submission and drumming up public opposition to the bill.
June 23, 2022
In every Turkish Bread Thin Crispy Pizza Bases 3 pack with a GO FISH sticker you’ll find 3 Hī Ika | GO FISH cards PLUS a competition card with a unique code. Enter this code on the LegaSea website and you will go into the draw to WIN one of 5 fantastic prize packs, or a […]
