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Archive: August, 2022

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Repeat offending angler fined for exceeding the bag limit

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Southland angler Christopher Wood was fined nearly $1500 in the Timaru District Court last week.

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Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fresh Water Posted 9 months ago by Richie Cosgrove

Grab the kids and go fishing

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Take A Kid Fishing returns to Southern Reservoir, Dunedin, in September 2022.

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Posted in Fishing, Events; Tagged Fishing Posted 10 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Southern chill on national shoveler count

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A polar blast in Otago struck the annual New Zealand shoveler duck/kuruwhengi survey this month.

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Posted in Hunting; Tagged Hunting Conservation game bird Posted 10 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Project to restore habitat at Bendigo Wildlife Reserve

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Native planting has begun as part of work to improve habitat at an Otago Fish & Game-managed wildlife reserve in Central Otago.

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Posted in Environment, Hunting; Tagged Fresh Water Hunting game bird Posted 10 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Health check for Lake Wanaka

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Otago Fish & Game will monitor the health of Lake Wānaka after trout went off the bite for many anglers in the 2021-2022 fishing season.

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Posted in Fishing, Environment; Tagged Fishing Conservation Fresh Water Posted 10 months ago by Bruce Quirey

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