14 Jan 2020

DOC proposes changes to whitebait season

From Five O'clock Report, 5:50 pm on 14 January 2020

Forest and Bird says the government's proposed changes to whitebaiting in New Zealand don't do enough to protect particular species. The Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage has released a proposal to standardise the rules for whitebaiting across New Zealand, including shortening the season and establishing upstream catch limits.

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