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Over the past year, fisheries officers detected more than 3,000 offences during inspections of recreational fishing boats. Video / Corey Fleming

Plus - we ask why one city, unusually, has no honourees on this year's list.

A High Court judge has ruled DoC acted unlawfully by failing to follow its own laws.

NZ Herald spent a day with fisheries officers who encountered a group of divers on Wellington's south coast. One was suspected of having undersized paua. Video / Mark Mitchell

WWF has labelled Tama Potaka’s last-minute changes to allow commercial fishing in protected areas of the Hauraki Gulf “spineless”. Video / Carson Bluck, Alex Burton

The Tasman Viking trawler, operated by Westfleet Fishing, pulled up 37kg of coral while bottom trawling in the Lord Howe Rise. Video / Mike Scott / Michael Morrah

The sale of Tauranga's marine precinct for $13.9m has angered fishing businesses.

Fisheries New Zealand says they will only be dredging 0.01% of the scallop beds.

Aquaculture NZ says seven projects will create jobs in the regions and boost exports.

The skipper missed tide timings while refuelling the boat.

'We're hoping to launch the product to the market within 12-18 months.'

If law change proceeds, it would 'significantly endanger the Māori-Crown relationship'.

Official information reveals which areas around the country have become poaching hotspots.

Australian conservationists alarmed as super trawler returns to fish orange roughy.

A fishing boat crashed into the rocks off Taiaroa Head, below the Royal Albatross Centre in Dunedin, this morning.

Salmon fish roe differs from the traditional delicacy of sturgeon fish caviar.

Tech industry celebrates its best in front of a record crowd.

Goodhew survived by finding a pocket of air and thought 'I'm going to die'.

The three-week trial starts on Monday in Whangārei. Here's what you need to know.

All commercial surface longline boats to have cameras to film catch and release methods.