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Special report In December 2023, fifty-one (51) freshwater experts, along with national and regional leaders on freshwater issues and restoration, published an open letter to the newly elected Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and his Cabinet Ministers urging the new Government … Continue reading
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by Dr. Peter Trolove NZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers executive member The Environmental Law Initiative ELI has met with success in seeking a judicial review of the Environment Canterbury Regional Council’s (Ecan’s) illegal renewal of the Ashburton Lyndhurst Irrigation … Continue reading
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The High Court has told Environment Canterbury (ECan) to reconsider its decision that allows nitrates and to other pollutants from irrigated dairy farms into the aquifer and rivers and streams. The court ruled that ECan had unlawfully given a resource … Continue reading
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In February,, almost 3,000 eels were found dead in the Low Burn Stream, a tributary of the Mataura River. Environment Southland began an investigation which revealed a poison the waterway. Environment Southland said the still an active investigation, showed the eels did … Continue reading
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From BBC Future Planet Three years ago, when construction workers started demolishing a series of dams on the Hiitolanjoki River in Finland, they were greatly surprised to spot a run of salmon. Part of the country’s last wild and landlocked population, the … Continue reading
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27 February, 2024 Extracts from an article by Francesco De Augustinis in “Mongabay” Norwegian salmon farms are taking huge amounts of wild fish from West Africa, mining the food security of the region, according to a report from the U.K.-based … Continue reading
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From Parliament The final approval of New Zealand King Salmon’s Blue Endeavour open ocean aquaculture project is a significant step for New Zealand’s aquaculture, and a win for the economy, Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones says. “Blue Endeavour … Continue reading
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Opinion by Tony Orman A newspaper report in late January told of black-backed gulls behaving as predator to other native birds.So what? Predators in the New Zealand avian ecosystem are nothing new. The native falcon (karearea) preys on small … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman There are small streams and small streams. They come with different characters but basically you can start by generally dividing them into “rough” bouldery streams and spring creeks. Nymph fishing suits spring creeks. After all that’s where … Continue reading
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by Al Simpson (US) Simpson Fly Fishing is a website dedicated to the sport of fly fishing for trout. It contains monthly articles, hundreds of photos, several instructional videos, equipment and book reviews. Al Simpson has fished New Zealand rivers. Although … Continue reading
