Sam Woolford - Marine

You can’t beat a summer’s day out in the Hauraki Gulf, coming home relaxed and refreshed and, if you’re lucky, with a couple of fish...

Our oceans serve a much greater purpose than just being a source of kai moana. The value of spending time with whanau, fishing off your...

Collecting kai moana is a Kiwi summer tradition, wading in knee-deep water, collecting buckets of pipi, cockles or whatever else your auntie fancies. It’s an...

Crayfish are considered functionally extinct in the Hauraki Gulf, our scallop fishery is closed and kina barrens are more common. These are all signs that...

We need to stop killing so much sea life. What does a seafloor look like after decades of bottom trawling? It resembles a muddy, barren...

It’s fair to say the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park is turning to shit. Quite literally. Hundreds of litres of raw sewage entered the Waitematā Harbour...

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...

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...

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...

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...