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- Auckland/Waikato Eastern
- 24/10/2017
Salmon Forum
Declining wild salmon population prompts forumFish & Game is organising a two day symposium,Turning the Tide, to discuss the South Island’s troubled wild salmon fishery.
- 17/10/2017
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.
- 17/10/2017
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.
- 13/10/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
Fish & Game welcomes sentencing of Blenheim man
Fish & Game says the sentence handed down to a Blenheim man today for firearm and hunting offences is a welcome deterrent to others considering flouting gun and wildlife laws.
- 11/10/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
Rethink needed on waterway fencing requirements
New research on keeping stock out of rivers and streams requires an urgent and radical rethink of the current national riparian fencing strategy, according to Fish & Game.
- 5/10/2017
North Canterbury Fish & Game opens quake replacement office
2413 days since the devastating February 2011 earthquake, North Canterbury Fish & Game have opened their replacement office.
- North Canterbury
- 1/10/2017
- Richie Cosgrove
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.
- 14/09/2017
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.
- 7/09/2017
Voters urged to take ‘hard look’ at political promises this election
With just over a fortnight until the General Election on September 23, voters are being urged to take a hard look at which political parties will do the most to…
- 5/09/2017