Crayfish Seized in Massive Sting
Date: 1/7/2014 New Zealands 12-month Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) operation targeted recreational fishermen catching and selling rock …
Marine Sanctuary Opens to Drilling
Date: 1/7/2014 New Zealands Green Party obtained documents under freedom of information legislation which the party says shows the government included 3000 …
Northern-Hemisphere Fossil Discovered Living in New Zealand
Date: 1/7/2014 A marine animal thought extinct for four million years was found alive and well and living near Picton. Called Protulophila, this new living …
New Zealand Sea Lion a Newcomer
Date: 1/7/2014 The modern New Zealand sea lion is a relative newcomer to the mainland, replacing a now-extinct, unique prehistoric New Zealand sea-lion that …
NZ Helps Tongan Deepwater Fisheries
Date: 1/7/2014 A programme to help Tonga maximise the economic benefits of commercial fishing was launched in the countrys capital, Nukualofa. The $2.7m NZ …
Penguin Gets Fish and Chip
Date: 1/7/2014 Bro, the male Fiordland crested penguin, was found at Tura Beach in Australias New South Wales, exhausted and suffering from a large injury to …
Making Waves about Sea Ice
Date: 1/7/2014 NIWA scientists made a breakthrough in understanding one of the key processes driving changes in sea ice. Drs Kohout, Williams and Dean along …
Shark Cull Should Continue
Date: 1/7/2014 An Australian programme costing A$1.28 million to catch and kill sharks off Western Australias coast should continue for another three years, …
Large Jellyfish Greet Divers
Date: 1/7/2014 Divers and boats in the Falmouth area (England) are encountering more and more barrel jellyfish (Rhizostoma octopus, Rhizostoma pulmo). These …
Wreckers Found Guilty
Date: 1/7/2014 David Knight and Edward Huzzey admitted to 19 offences under the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 of non-declaration of finds raised from historic …