Environment News & Events
Potential lake closure due to threat of invasive species concerning
Fish & Game New Zealand is closely monitoring the situation at Lake Okataina near Rotorua amid iwi concerns about the spread of the invasive species gold clam.
- Fresh Water
- 26/09/2023
National Party fishing and hunting policy positive for anglers and hunters and conservation efforts
The National Party’s support for hunting and fishing recognises the valuable contribution anglers and hunters make to the country’s conservation efforts and the importance of trout, salmon and game birds…
- 26/07/2023
Government biodiversity policy won’t lead to a better environment
A new Government policy aimed at protecting New Zealand’s natural environment is complex and contradictory.
- 11/07/2023
Key trout spawning streams identified in lower Clutha River/Mata-au
Pictured: Master’s student Olivier Raven, from Wageningen University in the Netherlands, inspects an otolith extracted from a brown trout caught in the Pomahaka River.
- 10/07/2023
Fish & Game New Zealand cautiously welcomes recommended changes to RMA reforms
Recommended changes to the proposed law to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA) are a boost to the future of freshwater fishing and game bird hunting but questions remain over…
- 28/06/2023
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,…
- 28/06/2023
Uncertain future for fishing and hunting under Resource Management Act reforms
The proposed law to replace the Resource Management Act (RMA) heralds a major challenge to the future of freshwater fishing and game bird hunting, says Fish & Game New Zealand.
- 18/06/2023
Fish & Game calls for support to farm recovery effort
Fish & Game is calling on anglers and hunters to reach out to farmers still cleaning up from the devastation of cyclone events earlier in the year.
- 21/05/2023
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).
- 30/04/2023
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…
- 19/04/2023