Tag: Fresh Water
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Kiwis want tougher water quality rules to protect rivers from polluters
Over 80 percent of New Zealanders want tougher rules to protect rivers, lakes and streams from pollution.
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Working with nature reaps rewards for farmers
The awards are given each year to farmers who have made an effort to protect the environment.
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Holiday Warning – Health Threat Posed By Canterbury Rivers
Scientific testing of popular Canterbury fishing and swimming rivers has produced disturbing findings, including the presence of dangerous disease-causing bacteria and antibiotic resistant E. coli.
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Fish and Game backs Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
Fish and Game is supporting the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment’s call for better ways of assessing and looking after freshwater quality.
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Environmental Disaster Unfolding in Southland and South Otago
Fish and Game is warning that Southland and South Otago are facing another season of environmental damage and animal welfare issues as farmers continue to flout winter crop growing guidelines.
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“The wait is over” Fish & Game welcomes Government’s plan to improve water quality
Fish and Game is welcoming the government’s just announced plan to tackle water quality, saying such action is well overdue.
Water Pollution Remains Major Concern For New Zealanders
Pollution of our rivers and lakes is one of New Zealanders’ top two concerns, according to public opinion poll results.
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Fish & Game backs call for farming sector to face environmental responsibilities
Fish & Game is backing calls for the farming sector to properly tackle the environmental challenges it is facing, saying farming leaders must face up to their responsibilities.
Declining wild salmon population prompts Fish & Game forum
The salmon – known as the King, Chinook or Quinnat – is found mainly on the West Coast, Canterbury, Otago and Marlborough.The species spends much of its life at sea...
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Fish & Game salutes outgoing Parliamentary Commissioner for Environment
Fish & Game New Zealand is paying tribute to outgoing Parliamentary Commission for the Environment, Dr Jan Wright, saying her time in the role has benefitted all New Zealanders.
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‘Biggest fish’ pulled from Lake Okataina as new fishing season opens
Lake Okataina produced the biggest fish on the first day of the new fishing season, a 3.7kg rainbow trout, but Lake Rotoiti offered the “best conditioned” fish, according to Fish...
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Call for honesty in water debate
Opponents of water quality proposals are being called on to bring honesty and reality to the debate on improving New Zealand’s waterways.
Voters urged to get out and vote in the ‘swimmable’ election
As voting for the 2017 General Election begins, people are being urged to have their say in what Fish & Game is describing as the ‘swimmable’ election.
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Government’s new irrigation focus ‘a cynical smokescreen’
Fish & Game is dismissing as “cynical” and “a smokescreen” the government’s claim it is giving the crown’s irrigation company a new environmental focus.
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Farming sector urged to back Ngaruroro River Water Conservation Order
The farming sector is being urged to build on its pledge to make all rivers swimmable by backing the application for a Water Conservation Order on Hawke’s Bay’s Ngaruroro and...
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Fish & Game criticise “act of wanton vandalism”
Central South Island Fish & Game Region Chief Executive Jay Graybill is condemning an attack on a Mackenzie Country salmon farm as “an act of wanton vandalism” and is urging...
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Long-serving Fish & Game chief executive Bryce Johnson to retire
The long-serving head of Fish & Game New Zealand Bryce Johnson is retiring.
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NZFFA Report Feb 2017
Ten things I learned about Nick Smith's swimmable water standard
We're Waiting Too Long for Clean Water
The government is being criticised for not being ambitious enough in its just-announced plan to improve water quality in the country’s rivers, lakes and streams.
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