Out of the Blue

(21 June 2007)

News of the fishing industry’s move to appeal the High Court ruling on kahawai has certainly fired up a lot of people. (more…)

1,100 TONS OVER QUOTA –
(16 June 2007)
Over eleven hundred tonnes of west coast snapper have been taken in excess of sustainable quota limits since the introduction of the quota management system. That equates to over one million fish – a profit for commercial fishers of over three million dollars. (more…)

2,000,000 MORE SNAPPER THAN PERMITTED –
(22 July 2007)

Option4 are appalled that over 2,000,000 snapper have been taken in excess of sustainable limits over the past twelve years. Overfishing is legal in New Zealand, provided you are a commercial fisherman; (more…)

Vanuatu Fishing by Carl Muir carl.muir@xtra.co.nz (more…)

Ranfurly Bank – Home of the Biggest Bass of all – by Stu Davidson

The Ranfurly Bank is now well recognized as an angler’s Mecca and is a destination proving enormously popular with anglers from around the globe. (more…)