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Whitebaiter's lament: Call to ban river mouth fishing in Hawke's Bay

Ron Worsley of Hastings knows whitebait. And he has an idea to help keep them running.

Whitebaiting season drops from 15 weeks to nine, concerns spots could be crowded

The whitebaiting season has been cut down from 15 weeks to just short of nine.

'Reset and rebuild': Takitimu Seafoods focused on NZ market after 40 jobs go

Seafood industry giant in rebuilding phase

Dad sparks controversy over teaching toddler son to hunt

Not everyone agrees with this father-son bonding activity.

'High degree of carelessness': Farmer fined over invasive seaweed

Farmer fined after pest seaweed undaria found on his boat in Fiordland's Doubtful Sound.

10-year-old already a dab hand at fishing - and life lessons

Axel Goldsbury is helping feed his family using survival skills he learned online.

Taranaki hapū want rāhui on shellfish for two years

Hundreds of visitors collected kaimoana – especially pāua – during the last two summers.

Divers join search for man washed from rocks near Waiinu Beach

The diving squad conducted a search in the immediate area where the man went missing.

Salmon farm closes: Rising sea temps too warm for fish in Marlborough Sounds

New Zealand King Salmon will fallow three farms in the Pelorus Sound by next summer.

'Disgusted': Two anglers caught with 138 snapper, boat seized

The pair's catch was nearly seven times the daily limit.

Marlborough Sounds salmon dying after hot summer

NZ King Salmon dumped almost 1300 tonnes of fish waste in landfill over last three months.

Hunting tourism operator Richard Burdon missing out on lucrative US market

"We can't quite get as much money out of the Australians".

'Greed and destruction': Call for closure of all scallop fisheries

The closure is being labelled a dramatic last-ditch effort to save the species.

Man catches 14.5kg snapper from his own deck

Brent Davies has always wanted to catch a fish from his deck, on Tuesday he gave it a go.

Fine after fisherman put endangered dolphins at risk

Lance Edmond Nicolson was fined $11,900 and had his vessel forfeited.

Wrong side of the bed? Leopard seal takes a tumble at Tauranga marina

Sometimes getting out of bed is tough - just ask Taimana.

Illegal shellfish collecting on the rise as more people 'rip bust and leave bare'

Warning issued that our shellfish stocks will crash if overharvesting continues.

Public urged to gather pāua 'for a feed, not the freezer'

Large groups descending on the area means pāua are at risk of being wiped out.