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The fishery in the 2000s. By 2000, the industry had developed from being a domestic supplier to exporting over 90 percent of the fish harvest. [8] Over the ten years between 2008 and 2017, 180,100 km 2 or 4.4% of the New Zealand's sea floor was fished by the method of bottom trawling. [12] This was 13.0% of the 'fishable' seafloor area open to ...
New Zealand. Website. fishandgame.org.nz/. Fish & Game New Zealand is the collective brand name of 12 regional fish and game councils and the New Zealand Fish and Game Council which administer sports fishing and gamebird resources in New Zealand (apart from within the Taupo Fishing District, administered by the Department of Conservation).
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 ...
The orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus), also known as the red roughy, slimehead and deep sea perch, is a relatively large deep-sea fish belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). The UK Marine Conservation Society has categorized orange roughy as "vulnerable to exploitation". It is bathypelagic, found in cold (3 to 9 °C or 37 to ...
The New Zealand longfin eel is a very long-lived fish, with records of females reaching 106 years old and weighing up to 24 kg. [5][9] They have the slowest growth rate of any eel species studied, just 1–2 centimetres a year. [10] Longfin eel seen in a river at night in the Tararua Ranges.
Clarke Gayford. Clarke Timothy Gayford[2] (born 24 October 1976) [1] is a New Zealand radio and television broadcaster, presenter of the fishing documentary show Fish of the Day. He is the husband of Jacinda Ardern, who was prime minister of New Zealand from October 2017 to January 2023.
Whitebait. Whitebait is a collective term for the immature fry of fish, typically between 25 and 50 millimetres (1 and 2 in) long. Such young fish often travel together in schools along coasts, and move into estuaries and sometimes up rivers where they can be easily caught using fine-meshed fishing nets. Whitebaiting is the activity of catching ...
Independent Fisheries is one of the largest privately owned fishing companies of New Zealand. [1] It started as a suburban fish and chip shop in 1956, became a fishing company in 1960, grew to acquire multiple ships and storage facilities, and has more than 500 employees. [1] At its peak, the company employed over 1,000 people. [2]