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De-intensify agriculture only way to save high country lakes
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,...
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Repeat offender angler pleads guilty to four charges.
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...
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Game Bird Hunting Opening Weekend
More than 65,000 New Zealanders are believed to have turned out for the opening morning of the game bird season with low cloud, a bit of wind, and in some...
Fish & Game calls for Water Conservation Orders to be enforced
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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Cracking season on the cards as Opening Weekend looms
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Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island and North Canterbury for 27 April 2023
Get your salmon card data into Fish & Game by May 7th so your data can be included in this year's calculations.
Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island & North Canterbury for April 20 2023
The early teenager catches the big brown trout when it comes to fishing the canals.
Fish & Game scientists research New Zealand’s rivers with electric fishing technology
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...
Weekly Fishing Report For Central South Island & North Canterbury for April 13 2023
This week’s rain has put a bit of a dampener on the fishing, but the weather is looking to settle, and river flows to recede – more on that in...
Weekly Fishing report for Central South Island and North Canterbury regions for April 6 2023
While out and about on Monday, I ran into keen angler Murray Bransgrove on the Te Ana a Wai (Tengawai) River, who was stalking a couple of browns with a...
Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island and North Canterbury for March 30 2023
CSI Fish & Game Ranger Hamish Stevens was on duty at the canals on Wednesday, undertaking licence and compliance checks and our Canal Angler Survey.
New leadership appointed for the Central South Island Fish and Game Council
The Central South Island Fish & Game Council (CSIFG) announces the appointments of its new Chief Executive, Steve McKnight and Council Chair, Linn Koevoet.
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Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island and North Canterbury for March 23 2023
Forty-Six Waitaki River Anglers Get a Visit from Our Rangers.
Regional council must act on deadly botulism outbreaks
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...
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Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island and North Canterbury for March 16 2023
This Friday (tomorrow) a massive wet and windy storm will hammer the main divide while further East on the Canterbury Plains there is only a little rain forecast and some...
Weekly Fishing Report For Central South Island and North Canterbury for March 9 2023
Back in the good old days of sea-run salmon fishing in the 1990s, the Rangitata River mouth was an incredibly productive fishing spot.
Central South Island and North Canterbury Weekly Fishing Report for March 2 2023
King, Chinook or Quinnat – three common names for New Zealand’s sea-run salmon species introduced from North America.
River guardians back in the water
Fish & Game has launched a diving programme to monitor New Zealand’s trout populations and assess the health of the nation’s waterways.
Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island and North Canterbury for February 23 2023
Thanks to 20-50mm of rain region-wide on Wednesday, river flows have jumped a bit and for the most part will provide ideal fishing flows tomorrow and over the weekend.
Weekly Fishing Report for Central South Island and North Canterbury for Feb 16 2023
Rikki Nelson had a proud dad moment while fishing the Rangitata River last Sunday with his 7-year-old son Elliot.
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