Fishing
Dan Salmon on the fishy business of Tuna
Dan Salmon explores the dysfunctional and disturbing state of tuna fisheries. Audio
The Great Outdoors - Peter Langlands
Conservationist, forager, angler and former fisheries observer Peter Langlands talks about the many threats to our lakes and waterways. Lynn Freeman asked the Cantabrian how the earthquakes affected… Audio, Gallery
Employee of the Month - John Rae
Musician John Rae offered to be an employee of the month during the Nelson Jazz festival. We were a bit late getting back to him, and the festival is over and John's gone fishing. Nonetheless, John… Audio
Cooks discuss extention of fishing buffer zones
The Cook Islands government supports an increase in longliner buffer zones to reduce interaction between commercial and local fishing activity but only to an extent.
NZer left floating in ocean for six hours after fishing mishap
A New Zealander fishing off the Western Australian coast survived six hours floating in the sea after his attempts to release a huge Marlin went wrong.
MPI data shows just four fish dumping prosecutions since 2009
New data released by MPI to RNZ News' reporter Phil Pennington shows far fewer fish dumping prosecutions than previously indicated by the Ministry. Audio
Regrets - NGOs have a few over Pacific tuna talks
The environmental group, WWF, regrets the failure of a European Union move to place limits on shark finning at last week's meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission. Audio
Fishing companies' plan to protect Maui's dolphins criticised
Two big fishing companies have announced a plan to protect the endangered Maui's dolphins, but an expert says it still won't be enough to avoid extinction.
Expert slams fishing companies plan to protect Maui dolphins
Professor Liz Slooten, a dolphin expert at Otago University, says a plan by two fishing companies to protect the Maui dolphins is a publicity stunt. Audio
Plans for controls on FADs in the PNA's Pacific tuna zone
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement will require nations wanting to fish in their exclusive economic zones to register their FADs with them beforehand. Audio
Pacific group to demand FADs registered before fishing
The Parties to the Nauru Agreement says nations wanting to fish in its members' exclusive economic zones will have to register the thousands of buoys and floats they use for attracting fish.
Palau seizes Philippine vessel
Palau's marine law officers have seized a Philippine vessel believed to be a mother ship of an illegal fishing fleet.
Fish boat cameras fail in first months
The cameras were installed to stop illegal fish dumping, but they failed up to 80 percent of the time.
Cook Islands authorities say giant fishing net could have posed a danger
A giant net the size of a rugby field found off the coast of the Cook Islands could have posed a danger to other vessels.
Big-eye tuna tagging to fill knowledge gap
Scientists are hoping a recent tagging expedition in the Western Pacific will improve the assessment and understanding of tuna stocks. Audio
Mass extinction on the cards
World wildlife has fallen by 58 percent in 40 years according to a new report by the Zoological Society of London and WWF - meanwhile a local report released yesterday by the Ministry for the… Audio
Man shot in the head with fishing bait launcher
An Oamaru man is in hospital after being accidentally shot in the head with a fishing bait launcher.
Bren Smith: growing plants and protein in the sea
Kathryn Ryan talks with Bren Smith, a former commercial fisherman in the US who decided the industrial fishing system he loved being a part of was pillaging the oceans and there would be no life-long… Video, Audio, Gallery
Concerns over talk of shark cull in Cook Islands
An environmentalist in the Cook Islands says talk of a shark cull around the northern island of Penrhyn is worrying. Audio
How your old fishing gear can change lives
17-year-old Finn Ross was on holiday in Fiji and saw how local people were struggling with old or broken fishing gear, and the problems this was causing. So Finn and his mate Max Lichtenstein decided… Audio, Gallery