Fri, 26 Feb 2010 6:34p.m.
By Samantha Hayes

A documentary that premieres in Wellington next week claims fish will not be commercially available in less than 50 years.
Watch segment from TV3 News on Friday night.

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ABC News Report, Mon 15th Feb:
TONY EASTLEY: While much of the focus on whaling has been centred on skirmishes in the Southern Ocean, an important legal case will begin today in a regional courtroom in northern Japan. Two Japanese Greenpeace activists will stand trial for trespass and the theft of whale meat. If found guilty [...]

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January 14, 2010 — NASA and Florida conservationists joined forces to rescue endangered sea turtles “cold stunned” by record-breaking cold temperatures along the Sunshine State’s coast. © 2010 National Geographic; Video courtesy NASA

With record-breaking cold temperatures in Florida this week, efforts to save tropical sea turtles on the beaches are paying off.
Beginning last week when [...]

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By Wayne Thompson
4:00 AM Monday Dec 28, 2009

Residents worry that the under-threat cockle population could disappear from the large beds north of Auckland. Photo / Greg Bowker
Fishery officials aim to ban recreational harvesting at the biggest shellfish beds near Auckland, saying a natural disaster has wiped out 80 per cent of breeding-size cockles.
A three-year ban [...]

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Thu, 05 Nov 2009 7:23p.m.

A New Zealand based charity is attempting to develop a sustainable waste management system for small Pacific Island states.
The group from the charity ‘Sustainable Coastlines’ has made a start in one of the most difficult places, the Ha’apai Islands in Tonga.
The Ha’apai Islands don’t have any form of landfill or recycling [...]

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