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Fishing Quota Management System Needs Reform

Gareth MorganSeptember 19, 2016Fisheries Management

A report released on Friday suggests that the Ministry of Primary Industries (MPI) was wrong not to prosecute five inshore fishing vessels that were filmed dumping fish during a trial of video technology. In the debate over whether to prosecute, … Read More

Dunne and Dusted

Geoff SimmonsJuly 2, 2014Environment, Fisheries Management

United Future underlined its dinosaur status yesterday with its “Outdoors” spokesperson’s response to our blog on Labour Party hopeful Janette Walker’s idea of licensing recreational fishers. The press release was full of falsehoods but the real question is whether United … Read More

Snapper One’s Race for the Last Fish

Gareth MorganSeptember 26, 2013Fisheries Management

How should the Government deal with the issue of a threatened fishery like Snapper One? There are three ways of approaching this issue, and because of these different perspectives people often end up taking past each other, with the debate … Read More

Hobby fishers must pay for snapper

Gareth MorganSeptember 19, 2013Fisheries Management

Recreational group need to purchase quota from fishing industry. As predicted, the Government has kicked for touch on the controversial issue of snapper in the Hauraki Gulf. After sending the Ministry of Primary Industries out as cannon fodder with an … Read More

Who is Snapping up the Snapper?

Geoff SimmonsJuly 29, 2013Fisheries Management

The recent furore over snapper fishing in the Hauraki Gulf should serve as a wake-up call for recreational fishers. This is not a David v Goliath story about big business squashing the poor little fisher. It is a symptom of … Read More

Greenies Sacrifice Humpbacks for Toothfish

Gareth MorganOctober 14, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

Recently the green NGOs accused the Government of siding with the fishing industry when they refused to back a United States proposal for marine protection in the Ross Sea. Is the Government kowtowing to industry as they suggest, or is … Read More

Email exchange between Peter Young and I after the “Last Ocean” premier

Gareth MorganAugust 6, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

The following is an email exchange between Myself and Peter Young, Director of “The Last Ocean”. We are both focussed on how to stop fishing in the Ross Sea Region, but each have a very different approach on how to … Read More

Why Peter Young and his “Last Ocean” Travellers are Hypocrites

Gareth MorganJuly 29, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

Peter Young used to plunder and exploit fisheries with no regard for their sustainability. Then he was “born again”. Sometimes there is nothing worse. I admire his current campaign to “lock up” the Ross Sea region so there is no … Read More

Has New Zealand missed a golden opportunity to end whaling?

Gareth MorganJuly 4, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

With the start of the annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission, it is timely to revisit the issue of whaling and New Zealand’s recent attempt at a compromise position. Has New Zealand missed a golden opportunity to end whaling? … Read More

We need a game plan for aquaculture

Gareth MorganMay 2, 2012Environment, Fisheries Management

The Government plans to turn aquaculture into a $1 billion industry. This is a noble goal, but there are only a few places suitable for intensive aquaculture in New Zealand. We need a game plan for aquaculture was last modified: … Read More

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