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by Tony Orman In my job as a farming journalist, I attended many field days aimed at making farmers more efficient. Two things struck me but both are interrelated. The same keen local farmers attended – perhaps 25 percent of … Continue reading
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Book Review:”An Exquisite Legacy” by George Gibbs. Published by Potton and Burton. Price $59.99 Reviewed by Tony Orman. This book is the life and story of George Hudson (1867-1947 an amateur naturalist with a passion for insects, particularly butterflies and … Continue reading
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A farming company, Trinity Lands Limited, operating 20 farms in south Waikato has been convicted in the Tokoroa District Court on January 16 for polluting a Waikato trout stream and fined $46,900. Six others also were fined in a succession … Continue reading
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by Dr Peter Trolove Press ReleaseNZ Federation of Freshwater Anglers17 January, 2021NZ Smelt Decline Crisis Mirrored Other Side of World A drastic decline in an important native fish in New Zealand has been matched by a similar decline in a … Continue reading
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by Tony Orman Nineteen scientists from European countries such as Germany and Netherlands, USA, South Africa, Australia, Philippines and Brazil have given a strong warning about dramatic declines of insects. The warning in February 2020 and published in “Biological Conservation” … Continue reading
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Reprinted from “Fishing Breaks” (UK www.fishingbreaks.co.uk Let me ask you a question. How much is a wild brown trout worth? I suppose, at the most basic level, its value is zero as the cost of its creation, in monetary terms, was zero. Mother … Continue reading
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An article by Troy Baisden, professor of Environmental Sciences at University of Waikato, Stuff Environment 10/12/2020; Report shows New Zealand’s ‘fragmented’ environmental research funding doesn’t match most urgent needs | Stuff.co.nz New Zealand spends about $500m on environmental research each … Continue reading
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Book Review “Upstream on the Mataura”, by Dougal Rillstone, published by Mary Egan Publishing. Price $39.95. Reviewed by Tony Orman Famous American conservationist Henry David Thoreau once said, “Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not … Continue reading
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Three Fishermen and the Ranger Three men were sitting by the side of a lake holding fishing rods with the lines in the water. A Fish and Game ranger came up behind them, tapped them on the shoulder and said, … Continue reading
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by Mark Feldman Printed by courtesy “NZ Fishing News” The previous article I listed a few of the initial defects of the QMS. Now I’ll look at some examples of how the system has failed us since it’s inception and … Continue reading
