seafood Archive

  • Metiria Turei

    Kaimoana, Motiti, and the oil - by Metiria Turei



    Yesterday I was on Motiti Island, where the hapu have borne the brunt of the oil and debris from the grounded Rena. You can clearly see the Rena really from the coast. The hapu are extremely well organised with clean-up crews. They have all the protective gear and they are sending teams out every day. [...] read more
    October 19, 2011 1:31 pm - 14 Comments
  • frog

    Catch of the day - by frog



    This excerpt below comes from Seafood New Zealand, a monthly trade magazine for commercial fishers that mostly focuses on whining about government imposed set net bans.  This month however, it had bigger fish to fry: “Still in the Manukau, amateur fishers are reporting catches of good sized snapper in the very shallow water, and plenty [...] read more
    July 17, 2008 10:12 am - 21 Comments