April 14, 2017

ODT News Articles

Marine reserve access criticism Fisheries bust paua
Saturday, 17 December 2016 poachers
The South-East Marine Protection Forum had failed children in the Tuesday, 19 January 2016
South, Experiencing Marine reserves Otago Co-ordinator Andrew Seven Dunedin residents were
Plenniket said. The sites were "too few, too small and in many cases, busted by fisheries officers with 396
in the wrong places", he said. He was disappointed the areas were paua - more than 10 times the legal
difficult to access and as a consequence, educational opportunities limit - 393 of which were
for children would be lost. Experiencing Marine Reserves took undersized.
Dunedin pupils snorkelling at Mapoutahi but it was difficult to get Fisheries officers intercepted two
children "fired up" when there were no fish to see. vehicles leaving Warrington Beach
The best places for marine reserves in the South were Shag Point and on December 22 after a tip-off from
a member of the public. The alleged
The Nuggets but both sites had been excluded from the network.
offenders were interviewed and a
Both areas would have enormous conservation, tourism and
vehicle seized.
education benefits. The daily limit for paua collection in
East Otago taiapure is five per
Rock lobster season
Reward over sea lion person, as long as they meet the
death most
minimum difficult in years
size of 125mm.
Friday, 11 November 2016 Friday,
Ministry26for
November 2010
Primary Industries
The body of female sea lion pup The Otago rock lobster industry has
Rua was recovered by the Otago district compliance manager
crawled through one of its most
Murray Pridham said unfortunately
Department of Conservation on difficult seasons in recent memory.
the Otago Peninsula last none of the paua survived.
The Ministry of Fisheries halved the
weekend. She had a puncture 2010-11 quota for the area covering
wound in her side that was text can go here. Your text can go
Waitaki to the Nuggets from 209
consistent with a bullet hole and here. Your text can go here.
tonnes to 104.5 tonnes.
had a deep cut on the opposite That resulted in just 12 commercial
side of her body. boats fishing out of Moeraki,
A South African Karitane, Careys Bay and Taieri
environmentalist group has Mouth, compared with 18 last
waded into the hunt for the season.
person who shot an 11-month- "It's been a tough season," executive
old sea lion in Dunedin, offering
a reward to help find the killer. Port
officer pleads
for the areacase
SimonforGilmour
said.
dredging
Sealions, squid fishery at odds "It's not a case of the fish not being
Tuesday, 8 November 2016
there. We only had 9 tonnes landed
Monday, 15 August 2011 The port company was now seeking
Competition between New Zealand sea lions and the squid fishery in October, but we had 20 in
a new 25-year consent term to ``use
has been found to be the most likely cause of a decline in the November.
optimum That poor
inshore October
disposal really
grounds''
threatened sea mammal in the Auckland Islands. hurt.
for theOne month
spoil, out of a five-month
he said.
season when you're not potting
doesn't help.