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Paua poachers dispose of catch during chase

08 Apr 11:00 PM

Seabed protection plan a con, say campaigners

04 Apr 05:00 PM

Bottom trawling and dredging banned around NZ

04 Apr 03:10 AM

Black market paua ring smashed

02 Apr 01:35 AM

Police, ministry seize hundreds of paua

31 Mar 02:00 AM

Diver caught with 50 times legal number of paua

28 Mar 02:00 AM

Kahawai quota review

22 Mar 07:00 PM

Fishing company ordered to hand over $1m boat

09 Mar 03:00 AM

Captain who caught giant squid relives the moment

23 Feb 05:00 AM

Sea lions killed in squid season

21 Feb 02:00 AM

Amateur anglers in the gun over quota

11 Feb 04:00 PM

Jail for orange roughy fraud

31 Jan 04:00 PM

Longlines banned during day in bid to save albatross

28 Jan 04:00 PM

Pipi, paua gatherers caught exceeding limits

23 Jan 04:00 PM

Raid snares paua poachers

26 Dec 04:00 PM

Scampi quota row ends with payout

20 Dec 04:00 PM

New fishing law to boost Government's win rate

07 Dec 04:00 PM

Great white sharks to be protected

30 Nov 04:15 AM

Door shuts on swordfish

28 Nov 08:50 AM

European giants block plans to protect 'fragile' Pacific fishery

13 Nov 11:06 AM

Commercial fishers want charter operators to buy quota

10 Nov 06:57 AM

The scales of justice

10 Nov 05:44 AM

Daily fish limit deemed too high

07 Nov 11:56 AM

Hundreds of protected toheroa seized after tip-off

06 Nov 05:24 AM

Our fisheries are in good shape, says Minister

03 Nov 09:40 AM

Drool while you can - poachers at work

26 Oct 08:03 AM

Government looks at fishing quota for amateur anglers

25 Oct 09:01 AM

Case of the disappearing shellfish

24 Oct 12:09 PM

Fisheries officers angry they will not be armed

08 Oct 12:18 AM

Scampi fishers saved from themselves, says crown

27 Sep 10:24 AM

Orange roughy catch limit slashed

19 Sep 12:11 PM

New shellfish added to quota system

06 Sep 07:38 PM

Catching the fish is the easy part in Pacific

29 Aug 07:15 AM

Japanese in gun for over-fishing Tasman tuna

23 Aug 06:59 AM