The blobfish, once ridiculed for its lumpy, gelatinous appearance, has made a remarkable comeback by winning New Zealand’s Fish of the Year contest, organised...
Norwegian seafood giant Mowi is offering a 500 kroner (about USD $44) reward per fish to registered fishermen after 27,000 farmed Atlantic salmon escaped...
The government is inviting public input on proposed changes to the Fisheries Act, which Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones describes as the most...
Hunting and Fishing Minister Todd McClay today announced one new, and one returning, appointment to the Game Animal Council (GAC).
Mr McClay is thrilled to...
Police can now release the names of the three fishermen found deceased on the Māhia coastline yesterday morning.
They were 37-year-old Elwood Higgins of Gisborne,...
Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones is streamlining high-level oceans management while maintaining a focus on supporting the sector’s role in the export-led recovery...
The final approval of New Zealand King Salmon’s Blue Endeavour open ocean aquaculture project is a significant step for New Zealand’s aquaculture, and a...
The popular Doubtless Bay Fishing Contest in the Far North is scheduled to take place on 27 and 28 January.
Ngāti Kahu representative Wikatana Popata...
The rollout of on-board cameras across New Zealand's inshore commercial fishing fleet has reached a new milestone, with cameras going live on the first...
The two remaining open areas in the Coromandel scallop fishery will close, after new information showed scallops are in decline.
“I am invoking emergency measures...