Industry News | Seafood New Zealand

The China export game - how NZ's largest market held up in 2020

New Zealand Trade & Enterprise (NZTE) has just released analysis of New Zealand’s seafood exports into China during the upheaval of COVID-19 and it has concluded that 2 separate waves of the outbreak hit seafood – but New Zealand...

Friday 27 November 2020

The Sands Fish and Chip shop

The Sands Fish and Chip Shop opposite Nelson’s Tahunanui Beach is an institution, having served up tasty meals for over 75 years.

Thursday 26 November 2020

Banning NZ seafood exports to the US - how is Sea Shepherd doing?

In short, not well.

Friday 20 November 2020

Wider oceans policy adopted by National as well

This week the National Party named Tim van de Molen as the new Fisheries Spokesman. And like Labour a few weeks ago, has changed the name of the portfolio to Oceans and Fisheries.

Friday 13 November 2020

Oceans and Fisheries - what the new portfolio offers industry

Labour’s landslide election victory gave them a strong mandate to govern alone, which they have chosen to do, leaving the Greens outside of Cabinet.

Friday 6 November 2020

Plastics - part of the problem and one we must solve

A report this week out of South Africa presented a very different take on ocean pollution.

Friday 30 October 2020

Watching the fleet

In a nondescript government building in the Lower Hutt suburb of Petone the entire New Zealand commercial fishing fleet is being watched. Where they are, what they are catching, what is being discarded, how fast or slow the...

Tuesday 27 October 2020

Saving our oceans - why the answer is not locking 30 percent up

Sometime in the coming months we expect the matter of marine protection will be at the forefront as the Government looks at releasing a discussion paper that aims to reform New Zealand’s antiquated legislation.

Friday 23 October 2020

A feed of donated fish in a time of need

For those dealing with poverty in New Zealand the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic is a grim reality. However, in Dunedin the fishing industry has offered a helping hand. LESLEY HAMILTON writes about a collaboration between...

Monday 19 October 2020