Fish and Game NZ

A study has been launched to assess the economic impact of one of New Zealand’s most popular sports fisheries.

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It was a "Super Sunday Season Opening Day" for anglers nationwide when the new fishing season opened on Sunday (1 October).

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CANTERBURY — The declining state of Canterbury's high country lakes shown in a new Ministry for the Environment report highlights that intensive agriculture should never have been allowed in these sensitive ecosystems, says Fish & Game New Zealand.

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TIMARU — A repeat offender dealt with by Fish & Game was ordered to pay fines and costs totalling $3,530 in the Timaru District Court for multiple sports fishing offences committed at the Mackenzie Basin hydro canals.

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CANTERBURY — Fish & Game New Zealand is urging regional councils to step up and protect New Zealand’s rivers and lakes by enforcing Water Conservation Orders (WCOs).

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The effects of barriers to fish passage on native species and trout in Taranaki, and a recovering kōaro and eel population in Nelson/Marlborough are among the insights gained in an electric fishing research programme carried out by Fish & Game.

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New Zealand is losing its way in the fight to protect the health of lakes and rivers, says Fish & Game New Zealand.

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WAIKATO — An outbreak of avian botulism in Waikato’s Whangamarino wetland that has killed thousands of waterfowl including some rare indigenous species is yet another wake-up call for urgent action, says Fish & Game New Zealand.

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CANTERBURY — A joint Fish & Game ranger training and night-ranging operation held over the weekend of 21-22 January resulted in several sports fishing offences being detected at the Mackenzie hydro canals.

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While the sunshine and light winds across the country might have been in the duck's favour, it didn't stop hunters from celebrating the traditional first Saturday in May, the Opening Day of the game bird hunting season.

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Auckland/Waikato Fish & Game is urging farmers to make plans now for reducing the damage that can be caused by large flocks of Paradise shelduck, and other game birds.

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OTAGO — The new angling season is fast approaching with opening day at the Poolburn Dam being Monday 1 October 2012.  Otago Fish and Game have high expectations for a rewarding season following excellent spawning survey results in Poolburn tributaries over the winter months.

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Fish & Game NZ says suggested changes to the RMA would be an absolute disaster for the environment.

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It's one of the more striking sights you'll see – young tigers leaping about in the shallows at Lake Rotoma on a cold June day.

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TAURANGA — Fish & Game Eastern Region says there are some strong environmental, public safety and other factors which make a strong case for requiring the reduction of black swan numbers on Tauranga Harbour.

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As the trout spawning season approaches, Fish & Game’s Eastern Region is stepping up its  operations to target poachers and anglers fishing illegally.

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Fish & Game NZ says a report released today by the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment (PCE) makes it clear that the time for talk about what’s impacting water quality in New Zealand is over and urgent action is required.

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NORTHLAND — Fish & Game believes the disease that has claimed a large number of birds in the vicinity of the Piako River outlet into the Firth of Thames is most likely to be an outbreak of avian botulism.

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AUCKLAND — Auckland Waikato Fish & Game is asking landowners and hunters to monitor waterfowl populations on their properties and ponds for any signs of sick or dead birds.

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Four people – three men and one woman - wanted by Fish & Game in connection with separate serious poaching offences, are now on the Police wanted list.

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SOUTHLAND — Fish & Game believe that a Trustpower scheme to take water from the Rakaia River could have a significant effect on the salmon fishery and the Rakaia mouth yet the power company have failed to properly investigate the consequences of the scheme.

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OTAGO — MAF has informed Otago Fish & Game that the hatchery trout infected with the Aeromonas bacteria is not the ‘typical’ strain of the disease.

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SOUTHLAND — The tributary rivers of Southland’s major lakes open for the first time this season on November 1st, a date that has long been marked on many of our anglers’ calendars.

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Fish & Game NZ welcomes the launch of the new Future Farming Centre at Lincoln University as a bold step towards addressing the environmental impact of agriculture in New Zealand.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Lake Tutira’s trout population is about to take a leap with the release of thousands of young trout.

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Trout fishers have been urged to make the most of the holiday weekend – to target more of the top-condition fish caught in a great start to the new season.

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WAIKATO — The annual Lower Waikato Trout Fishing Contest 2011 turned up a “mammoth” catch of nearly 130 trout – after a big jump in the number of anglers competing.

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SOUTHLAND — Southland Fish & Game is very disappointed that the release of 200 trout and salmon into the Te Anau boat harbour for the annual children’s fishing event this labour weekend will have to be cancelled.

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OTAGO — Otago Fish & Game has had confirmation from MAF that a yearling trout from the Macraes Hatchery has been positively identified as being infected with the Aeromonas bacteria.

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ROTORUA — Tigers are on the loose at Lake Rotoma… Tiger trout, that is.

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CANTERBURY — With the fishing season now in full swing Fish & Game is encouraging novice anglers to join a sports fishing club and fast track their learning.

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ROTORUA — Rotorua Fish & Game Officers have applauded sharp-eyed locals for their help - after a busy week of poaching call-outs – and dealing with illegal fishing.

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Hundreds of secondary school shooters are preparing to compete in national clay target shooting champs – that have put some on a path to world championship success.

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CHRISTCHURCH — This year over 1000 salmon will be released into the Groynes Lakes in Christchurch for the annual Take A Kid Fishing (TAKF) day on October the 16th.

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ROTORUA — Rotorua anglers will be doing their bit tomorrow (Wednesday Oct 5), to help with a major trout release into one of their favourite fishing lakes.

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Fish & Game NZ says it’s encouraging that Kiwis are increasingly aware of the water quality woes in this country but addressing the cause of the problem is long overdue.

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ROTORUA — For many, October the first is the most important day on the sport fishing calendar – the day the long-awaited trout season begins again.

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A new trout fishing prize package on offer provides enough quality gear to kit out the whole family.

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Eastern Fish & Game Officers are tipping better prospects for catching some hefty fish on opening day, compared with the start of the trout fishing season last year.

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HAWKE'S BAY — Twenty five young hunters from Hawke’s Bay have taken part in some ‘unforgettable’ hunting experiences – including for some, bagging their first pheasant.

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Fish & Game NZ has launched a new website to make it easy for Rugby World Cup visitors to enjoy the “ultimate Kiwi experience” between matches – fishing for large trout in our stunning scenic surroundings.

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NORTHLAND — One hundred and fifty years of work to introduce and manage fish and game in New Zealand is being marked in a special way this weekend.

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No need to fish around for a great Father’s Day present when you can buy Dad a gift that’ll foster some healthy, outdoor family time – a fishing licence for the new trout and salmon season.

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ROTORUA — Fish & Game Officers carrying out checks at a local Rotorua Trout spawning stream on Friday afternoon (26th August) located and apprehended 2 men aged 17 and 40 yrs, and a 17 year old woman, who had allegedly been poaching spawning trout.

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NORTHLAND — New Zealand is set to be portrayed to tens of millions of US TV viewers as a land of adventure where you can 'catch and cook' all sorts of delectable wild game, freshwater fish and seafood.

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WELLINGTON — To the relief of Fish & Game and hundreds of young anglers the severe weather which threatened to derail the delivery of 1000 trout to Wellington’s Capital Trout Centre is on the wane and the release will go ahead tomorrow as planned.

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WAIKATO — Good news for Waikato anglers – Fish & Game has taken another step towards trebling the number of trout being released into Lake Arapuni – the district’s most popular sport fishing lake.

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A report released today warns the condition of New Zealand’s lakes, rivers and wetlands will “continue to decline for several more years and possibly much longer” under the Government’s flawed freshwater policy.

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SOUTHLAND — This weekend is the last chance for Southland duck hunters to bag a few birds before the 2011 season ends.

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ROTORUA — Fish & Game Officers in Rotorua have praised a keen-eyed local who spotted trout poachers and gave them an ultimatum.

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NORTHLAND — Fish and Game Northland says the Kai Iwi lakes have turned a corner for trout fishing – with the latest fish weighed in the biggest recorded since the early nineties.

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NORTHLAND — Fish & Game Northland has appointed a new field officer, Nathan Burkepile.

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Students at Whakatane High are becoming pretty successful at rearing trout – with help from the experts.

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CANTERBURY — On Sunday a crowd of around 400 people gathered to farewell 60,000 young salmon raised at the Fish & Game hatchery.

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Game bird hunters are being urged to make the most of this weekend, as the season draws to a close (Sunday, July 3, 2011).

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ROTORUA — The season for boat fishing is drawing to a close on three of Rotorua’s lakes Thursday, (June 30th, midnight) – but there’s still plenty of other sport fishing opportunities.

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ROTORUA — Fish and Game officers in Rotorua have stepped up their activities in response to a seasonal rise in poaching.

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ROTORUA — Top-rating Maori Television show Kaitime has turned its cameras on trout – and the people who breed them by the thousand to re-stock the country’s lakes.

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CANTERBURY — A successful competition that has encouraged hunters to target Canada geese has just held its final prize giving.

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SOUTHLAND — Duck hunters need to up the ante if they want to improve on what has been a tough start to the season for some, says Southland Fish & Game.

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CANTERBURY — Fish & Game NZ is concerned that the recently released draft plan for managing water in the Hurunui/Waiau area affords polluters a ‘get out of jail free card’.

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AUCKLAND CITY — Try trout fishing in Rotorua this winter for a fun family getaway.

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The future for New Zealand’s already ailing waterways looks murkier as a $435 million irrigation package potentially paves the way for 1 million more cows.

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GISBORNE — Duck hunters have won praise for sticking to the rules around the Eastern Fish & Game Region – in a patchy weekend opening to the game bird hunting season.

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ROTORUA — Fish & Game officers have issued a reminder to anglers over the rules for fishing the Ohau Channel near Rotorua – after two men were caught fishing without licences – and using illegal gear.

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Anglers caught fishing without a licence - who try a cunning trick to get off the hook – simply aren’t succeeding.

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Tens of thousands of Kiwis all over the country took to the outdoors in the hope of bagging a few ducks, geese, pheasants and the like when the 2011 game bird season opened on Saturday.

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OTAGO — ‘A very promising season is underway’ is the summary Otago Fish & Game Council spokesperson Ian Hadland used to describe the opening of the regions duck hunting season at the weekend.

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CANTERBURY — The echo of gun fire was heard throughout North Canterbury this weekend with the start of duck hunting season.

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With the game bird season opening this weekend, Fish & Game NZ is encouraging experienced hunters to introduce new participants to this Kiwi tradition – young people in particular.

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Ducks in the Bay of Plenty are giving up some of their lifestyle secrets – through radio transmitters they’ve been fitted with in a high flying research project.

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CANTERBURY — This weekend is the start of the duck shooting season, and while many outdoor enthusiasts will be hoping for good weather duck hunters are hoping for the opposite.

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Eastern Region Fish & Game says there are plenty of game birds around for the start of the hunting season this weekend – if the weather plays its part.

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Hunters all over the country will be crouched expectant in Maimais hoping to bag a few birds next weekend, with May 7 heralding the start of the game bird season.

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NORTHLAND — Northland Fish & Game is tipping good prospects for hunters as the game bird hunting season gets underway on Saturday, May 7.

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NORTH SHORE CITY — Auckland / Waikato Fish & Game is preparing to release hundreds of catchable trout into Lake Pupuke on Auckland’s North Shore tomorrow (Wednesday 27 April).

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WAIROA — East Coast locals are being urged to make the most of the Easter break with a family fishing trip to Lake Waikaremoana.

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CANTERBURY — Fish & Game Hatchery Manager Dirk Barr caught a 30 pound salmon at the Rakaia Gorge last week.

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TARANAKI — Taranaki Fish & Game NZ is cautioning hunters against jumping the gun on shooting Canada geese.

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The formation of the Game Animal Council is good news for big game hunters, giving them a greater say in the management of their own affairs, says Fish & Game NZ.

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CANTERBURY — Yesterday Fish & Game North Canterbury staff and volunteers salvaged 150 salmon from Trustpower's Highbank Power Station.

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