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Fishing industry in New Zealand. As with other countries, New Zealand's 200 nautical miles exclusive economic zone gives its fishing industry special fishing rights. [ 1] It covers 4.1 million square kilometres. This is the sixth largest zone in the world, and is fourteen times the land area of New Zealand. [ 2][ 3]
A medieval view of fish processing, by Peter Brueghel the Elder (1556). There is evidence humans have been processing fish since the early Holocene. For example, fishbones (c. 8140–7550 BP, uncalibrated) at Atlit-Yam, a submerged Neolithic site off Israel, have been analysed. What emerged was a picture of "a pile of fish gutted and processed ...
Aquaculture is the general term given to the cultivation of any fresh or saltwater plant or animal. It takes place in New Zealand in coastal marine areas ( mariculture) and in inland tanks or enclosures. Aquaculture in New Zealand currently (2008) occupies 14,188 ha. Of that area, 7,713 ha is in established growing areas and is owned by the ...
Torrentfish. The torrentfish (Cheimarrichthys fosteri), or panoko (Māori), is an amphidromous freshwater fish that is endemic to New Zealand. [2] Torrentfish are well adapted to life in shallow, fast-flowing riffles and rapids. They grow to a maximum of 20 cm (7.9 in) in total length, but more commonly reach 10–12 cm (3.9–4.7 in).
Pouched lamprey. Prototroctes modestus. Prototroctes vertex. Categories: Vertebrates of New Zealand. Fish of Oceania. Fish by country. Water in New Zealand. Hidden category:
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Talley's Group Limited is a privately owned, New Zealand-based agribusiness company that provides seafood, vegetable and dairy products. [1] Talley's was established in 1936 in Motueka by Ivan Peter Talijancich (later known as Ivan Talley) as a manufacturer of seafood, and has since grown into one of the largest agribusiness companies in New Zealand.
The New Zealand grayling was a medium-sized fish which, when matured, measured between 30–45 cm in length and slender in shape with the presence of an adipose fin.As an amphidromous fish, during their migration, it was found that graylings, originally silver in colour, would darken to a grey or brown, and turn occasionally gold, while the underbelly remained light.