News - By Quirey, Bruce

Fish & Game and Ernslaw One team up to protect native galaxiids in plantation forests

Posted in Environment; Tagged Conservation Posted 39 hours ago by Bruce Quirey

Club and community events keep kids keen

Despite tangles galore, more than 160 children are hooked into fishing after three weekend events run by angling clubs and community groups in the region on Sunday, November 26.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 5 days ago by Bruce Quirey

Urban wetland protected forever

The covenanting of the Bullock Creek Hatchery Springs wetland has been celebrated at a community gathering in Wānaka.

Posted in Environment; Tagged Fresh Water Conservation Posted 19 days ago by Bruce Quirey

Family gears up for adventure after fishing clinic

The Brabant family will hit the South Island’s rivers, lakes and canals this summer after attending a soft bait fishing clinic in Central Otago this week.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 22 days ago by Bruce Quirey

Tough day on Waipahi – but it all helps for research

Otago Fish & Game is collecting otoliths (ear bones) from competitions like the historic Waipahi Gold Medal to continue research into where brown trout spend their lives in the lower...

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fresh Water Fishing Posted 26 days ago by Bruce Quirey

Fish & Game protects urban wetland in Wānaka

Otago Fish & Game Council alongside the Queen Elizabeth 2 National Trust (QE2) has covenanted one of Otago’s most unusual wetlands, ensuring its ongoing protection.

Posted in Environment; Tagged Conservation Fresh Water Posted 53 days ago by Bruce Quirey

2023 Otago Soft Bait Clinics

Want to learn how to catch more trout, salmon and perch using soft baits?

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 53 days ago by Bruce Quirey

Bird-lovers’ new passion for fishing just clicks

Hours spent on rivers pursuing a love of bird watching and wildlife photography has inspired a Mosgiel couple to take up trout fishing.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 2 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Key trout spawning streams identified in lower Clutha River/Mata-au

Crucial spawning tributaries have been identified in the lower Clutha River/Mata-au catchment after a four-year research project collecting and analysing brown trout.

Posted in Environment, Fishing; Tagged Fresh Water Posted 5 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Dad shows how it’s done in Clutha fishing competition

One boy would fish every day if given the chance. The elder brother doesn’t always like fishing. And dad just showed them how it’s done.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 9 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Mai-mai ballot aimed at next generation of hunters

Junior and novice hunters in Otago are being offered a chance at exclusive access to mai-mais and duck ponds for the opening of the 2023 game bird season.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged game bird Hunting Posted 9 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Fishing competitions in double hook-up for kids and science

Two fishing competitions are weighing in together this year to support trout research and the Clutha community.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 9 months ago by Bruce Quirey

More adult hunters to harvest paradise shelducks

A nine-day hunting season to harvest some of Otago’s healthy population of paradise shelduck/pūtangitangi opens on Saturday, March 4.

Posted in Hunting; Tagged Paradise Shelduck Hunting game bird Posted 9 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Fish & Game goes deeper into lake fish knowledge

Scientists are sounding out trout and salmon populations in one of New Zealand’s most popular fishing destinations, Otago’s Southern Lakes.

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

Extra staff bolster summer ranging efforts

Otago Fish & Game has reeled in extra staff to help with the higher workload over the summer season.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Fresh Water Posted 11 months ago by Bruce Quirey

School's in for soft-bait fishing clinic

November 10, 2022:

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 13 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Otago Fish & Game appoints Cromwell-based operations manager

An avid game bird hunter with 30 years’ experience in conversation projects has been appointed as Otago Fish and Game Council operations manager based in Cromwell.

Posted in Environment, National; Tagged Fishing Conservation Hunting Posted 13 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Love of rivers at heart of new scholarship

A new scholarship honouring the life and work of Associate Professor of Zoology Donald Scott has been established by the Otago Fish and Game Council, the Clutha Fisheries Trust and...

Posted in Environment, Council, Fishing; Tagged Conservation Fishing Fresh Water Posted 13 months ago by Bruce Quirey

Angler survey fishing for data on Lake Hawea

Anglers fishing on Lake Hawea can expect to be quizzed by rangers during a three-year research project starting this month.

Posted in Fishing; Tagged Fishing Posted 15 months ago by Bruce Quirey

A road less travelled for hatchery fish transporter

A newly acquired fish transporter will halve the 4000km annual road trip Otago Fish & Game takes to release rainbow trout into “put-and-take” fisheries across the region.