The End of the Line: Fishing extinction?

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.

Activists stand trial for stealing whale meat

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 [...]

“Cold Stunned” Turtles Get NASA Rescue

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 [...]

Shellfish disease threatens Mahurangi beds

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 [...]

Kiwi charity heads to Tonga to help clean up the beaches

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 [...]