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by Amy P Wilson Claims that farmed fish are a sustainable and ethical source of protein are fantasy, warns Amy P. Wilson on website “Wicked Leeks”. Amy P. Wilson, a doctoral candidate and research associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. She is also an attorney and the first South African to graduate with … Continue reading
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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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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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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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special report The suggestion that Molesworth Station could be turned into a giant pine monoculture is crazy says well known angler-hunter and outdoor book author Alan Simmons. “It’s even more crazy coming from the Department of Conservation who have failed to control wilding pines on public lands … Continue reading
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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Special Report7 July, 2025 Changes announced to Fish & Game this morning are another move in the Coalition Government’s handover of power to intensive farming and other polluting commercial interests, and will result in the further degradation of our rivers … Continue reading
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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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Opinion by Tony Orman For well over a century successive governments have tried to take over the administration of trout and salmon fishing. In the 1860s the new colony had set up an “acclimatisation societies” administration which over a century later in 1990, morphed into the current Fish and Game … Continue reading
