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A dire shortage of worker accommodation on Stewart Island has led to employees sleeping on barges and a local councillor says businesses need to...

A dire shortage of worker accommodation on Stewart Island has led to employees sleeping on barges and a local councillor says businesses need to...

A new $5 million hatchery in Nelson is aiming to ensure a reliable supply of oyster spat for New Zealand's largest oyster producer, Moana New Zealand.

Biosecurity New Zealand has secured funding to extend its Bonamia ostreae work programme after the oyster parasite was detected in the Foveaux Strait.

By Mike Johnson on 2021-05-05 21:34:00 Actor Frank McRae, who had a long film and television career, passed away today the age of 80 following a heart attack, Deadline.com reported. After a career in the NFL, McRae pivoted to acting and was featured in the 1978 Sylvester Stallone film Paradise Alley, which Stallone wrote, directed and starred in.  Set in New York Citys Hells Kitchen in the 1940s, the film tells the story of two brothers who get involved in professional wrestling.  Named for...

Kavinda Herath/Stuff Barnes Wild Bluff Oysters staff in Invercargill are being kept busy as the oyster season is in full swing. The discovery of the oyster parasite Bonamia ostreae in the Foveaux Strait has not impacted commercial operations. Genome sequencing shows the strain of Bonamia ostreae found in wild Foveaux Strait oysters in March is closely related to those previously found in Marlborough and Big Glory Bay. The parasite was first detected in New Zealand waters in the Marlborough Sou...

Kavinda Herath/Stuff Daphne Kay skipper Ricky Ryan will be among the fishing fleet heading out to Foveaux Strait for the official start of the oyster season on March 1. The famous Bluff oysters will be on their way to market very soon with the fishing fleet heading out early on Monday for the official start of the season. Theres about 11 vessels in the fishing fleet connected to the oyster industry in the south, and the bulk of them will leave about 3am on Monday for the fishery in Foveaux Str...