Tag: Hauraki Gulf
Enviro experts slam proposals to sell marlin ‘bycatch’ and reef species
The future impacts for Waiheke and the surrounding Gulf of the government’s latest proposals to allow commercial fishers to sell marlin ‘bycatch’ along with...
Recreational fishers to protest new Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Act
Recreational fishers are rallying for a peaceful protest against the new Marine Protection Act, which prohibits them from fishing in protected areas of the...
Government pledges $6million for Hauraki Gulf tourism infrastructure
The government is promising up to
$26 million of public and private funds to improve tourism infrastructure and reef restoration in the Hauraki Gulf.
The Hauraki...
Record low kōura count; more observations needed for wider picture
The latest kōura survey count recorded an average of 0.7 crayfish per 1000m2 in Waiheke waters, a significant drop from last year’s figure of...
Hauraki Gulf’s Marine Protection Bill’s third reading passes
Legislation to establish 19 new protected areas for marine protection in the Hauraki Gulf passed its third reading in parliament on Tuesday, but not...
Turtles, whales, dolphins and rays spotted in aerial marine survey
Over the past two weeks, Island Aviation have been involved in a multi-agency international survey focused on endangered marine species in the waters around...
Check your anchor: New rules for boaties and fishers at Onetangi
New biosecurity controls are in place over an area of Waiheke Island waters to prevent the spread of exotic caulerpa.
The controlled area notice that...
What a ‘splendid’ hour of fishing in the Hauraki Gulf once...
If this photograph once seemed amazing, now it is shocking. If the caption was once jaunty, it is now nauseating. It hasn’t, as meme...
Uniting against commercial fishing in gulf
Opponents of a government amendment to the proposed Hauraki Gulf/Tīkapa Moana Marine Protection Bill gathered at Oneroa Beach on Sunday.
The protest, organised by Forest...
New exotic seaweed found in the Hauraki Gulf
Another exotic seaweed species, Asparagopsis taxiformis, has been found in two different areas of the North Island and alarm bells are ringing in the...
