Illegal Fishing
The Week in Detail: From illegal fishing to the Rugby World Cup
The Detail podcast brings you the issues behind the news every weekday. Here's what we covered this week. Audio
New Poseidons zoom in on illegal fishers
New Zealand's new Poseidon P-8A has clocked its first official mission: a multi-national operation north-west of Fiji to catch illegal fishing boats. Audio
Illegal fishing reports keep DOC busy after lockdown
A spate of alleged illegal fishing near Wellington post-lockdown has kept Department of Conservation staff and coast watchers busy over the past few weeks.
There are two marine reserves in the… Video, Audio
Lacey Malarky: tracking fishy boats
International conservation group Oceana has released a report on boats that it says suspiciously turn off their tracking devices when they're near protected marine areas. Two researchers sifted… Audio
CSI Gracefield: using forensics to catch poachers
Scientists have helped convict seven people and a Bay of Plenty fishing company, for illegally selling nearly 700 kg of paua over a 13 month period. Dr Karyne Rogers, a Senior Scientist with GNS… Audio, Gallery
NZ naval deployment to Fiji welcomed
A New Zealand naval ship will be deployed to Fiji to help tackle illegal fishing in the region. Audio
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.
Ice patrol ship returns from Antarctic mission
A British ship carrying New Zealand and Australian officers is back after a five-week operation to prevent illegal fishing in the Southern Ocean.
Customs lacks resources to patrol NZ seas
Customs says a lack of resources means it cannot patrol almost half the highest risk maritime areas for illegal behaviour such as smuggling and unlawful fishing.
Busting Black Gold Smugglers
Imagine if your day job involved staking-out rugged coastland waiting to bust "black-gold" paua-poaching rings. Lynda Chanwai-Earle brings us a feature documentary about "black gold" smuggling when… Audio
Busting Paua Smugglers
Imagine if your day job involved staking-out rugged coastland waiting to bust "black-gold" paua-poaching rings. Lynda Chanwai-Earle brings us a feature documentary about "black gold" smuggling when… Audio
Black Market Fishing Bust
There's been a major bust on illegal fishing operations today. The Ministry of Primary Industries says Operation River has been gathering information on black market fishing and trading in Hawkes Bay… Audio
Busting Paua Smugglers
They're busy busting "PBM" or poaching black market with the "black gold" paua-smuggling rings. Lynda Chanwai-Earle spends a day following the men and women working hard to protect our coastlines as… Audio
Sea Shepherd shuts down illegal fishing
The Sea Shepherd ship, Bob Barker, says it has shut down an attempt by the Interpol-listed vessel, Thunder, to poach in the southwest Indian Ocean. Audio
Indonesia leads explosive new wave of fisheries protection
Indonesia's new government is taking a hardline approach to illegal fishing by foreign vessels in its waters. Since October when President Joko Widodo, known as Jokowi, came to office, Indonesia has… Audio
Sea Shepherd intercepts poaching vessels in Australian waters
Sea Shepherd says its vessel the Sam Simon came within metres of being rammed by poachers in the Southern Ocean last night. The Sam Simon intercepted two illegally-flagged ships fishing for toothfish… Audio
Captain says too dangerous to board illegal fishing boat
A Navy commander is defending the decision not to board any of the three ships caught fishing illegally in the Southern Ocean, saying it was too dangerous. Audio
Is patrolling the Southern Ocean for illegal fishing futile?
Dr. Julia Jabour is a member of the Ocean & Antarctic Governance Research Program at the University of Tasmania's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. She has been researching, writing, and… Audio
Sea Shepherd takes up pursuit of illegal fishing vessels
The conservation activist group Sea Shepherd is promising to take over the pursuit of three illegal fishing vessels in the Southern Ocean. Audio
Sea Shepherd urges Navy to continue Southern Ocean pursuit
The conservation group Sea Shepherd says the New Zealand Navy must continue its pursuit of three illegal fishing vessels and call for back-up from Australia. Audio