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Sam Woolford - Marine
Marine – Get trawling out of the Gulf
Ten years and three plans later, consultation is underway to reconsider bottom trawling and Danish seining in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. Remarkably, even with...
Marine – Quota versus environment
Last week, the news was dominated by fisheries decisions. Many of us are still scratching our heads. The government needs to get serious about restoring...
Marine – B50 should be our goal
We often highlight the social and environmental value that would be created for all New Zealanders from having a healthy fishery. Of equal importance is...
Marine – Stop public investment in bottom trawlers
Recently, Fisheries New Zealand presented a draft Fisheries Industry Transformation Plan, claiming this would revolutionise commercial fishing in New Zealand. Unfortunately, the plan is not...
Marine – Purse seining ban long overdue
The decline of available food sources for snapper and other creatures won’t improve if indiscriminate purse seining of important food sources continues in the Hauraki...
Marine – Gulf future in our hands
With the last of the scallop beds now shut, Mahurangi locals need to invest more than ever in restoring the Hauraki Gulf. (see story below)...
