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Ye olde fisherwoman

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Ye olde fisherwoman At recent fly casting sessions run by the Christchurch Fishing and Casting Club there was a keen group of women ready to tackle the skills of the game. The club, initially in conjunction with Hagley College, has run numerous “Fly fishing for women” courses over the last 30 years. When I first … Continue reading

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Are Fish and Game sleep walking to extinction”

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Opinion Piece by Dr Peter Trolove NZFFA executive Fish and Game New Zealand Governance and Organisational Improvements Amendment Bill “Like mushrooms license holders are being kept in the dark and fed bullshit” Introduction Like most license holders I have been loosely following the affairs of our dysfunctional Fish and Game … Continue reading

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Have we killed the Golden Goose

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An Opinion Piece by Rex N. Gibson “The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs” is one of the Aesop’s Fables, a story that also has a number of Eastern analogues going back over a millennium. The English idiom “Kill not the goose that lays the golden egg”, derives from this fable. It is … Continue reading

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Fish and Game’s “reform” is simply a hostile takeover

  Opinion piece by Peter Trolove     “The freshwater reforms aim to simplify and streamline freshwater farm plans, remove unnecessary complexity, and give more flexibility to deliver outcomes over time, especially vital in regions like ours that rely heavily on irrigation.”   —Hunting and Fishing Minister James Meager … Continue reading

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Salmon are incompatible with intensive irrigation

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    Does James Meager’s rush to take over Fish and Game stem from the Coalition Government’s realisation that irrigation and healthy salmonid fisheries are incompatible?   Is this why the Minister’s new bill will give him the power to block … Continue reading

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The Demise of Freshwater Ecology Studies at Massey University

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Opinion piece, Dr Peter Trolove, NZFFA executive member   I was shocked to learn that Massey University would no longer be offering courses in freshwater ecology following the departure of Dr Russell Death at the end of 2023.   Dr … Continue reading

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“What would you say if the government banned salmon and trout from New Zealand’s freshwater?”

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This was the opening question from the newly anointed Hunting and Fishing Minister James Meager to myself, (and our president), during a Zoom select committee hearing comprised of three South Canterbury primary-industry subcommittee ministers last year seeking submissions on the … Continue reading

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Minutes from October’s AGM

please note until ratified, these are purely DRAFT Minutes To Trout Fishing Clubs and MembersMinutes from the Annual General MeetingOctober 2024  Hi, Casey Cravens here, president of the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers. We held the annual general meeting … Continue reading

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Leading scientists demand salmon ban in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour

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Reproduced courtesy of Dallas Beaufort: Mathew Denholm The Australian October 23, 2024 Some of the nation’s most eminent scientists have told Tanya Plibersek salmon farming in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour will cause an extinction and failure to halt it would be … Continue reading

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ECan’s consent application to spray Canterbury’s surface waters with agrichemicals puts cost before the environment.

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Least cost river works take priority over biodiversity Introduction In response to a submission against Ecan’s application by the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, Environment Canterbury notified the NZFFA in 22 July 2024 that it was granting itself consents … Continue reading

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