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A peace flotilla against the invasion of Ukraine has arrived outside the lodge of Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov in Helena Bay, Northland. It is calli
More than 200 people attended the Protecting the Sea on Our Doorstep event on Whitianga. “Hauraki Gulf’s story is not a great one,” Hauraki Gulf Forum CEO Alex Rogers said. Speaking to a packed crowd in Whitianga, he said the gulf was under significant pressure. The 2020 State of our Gulf report, produced every three years, depicted a collapsed ecosystem due to overfishing, invasive fishing practices, marine dumping and sediment and nutrient runoff, he said. Since 2000, snapper, tarakihi and crayfish have been at, or have fallen to, levels requiring action to actively rebuild stocks...
Visible sea life in Coromandel waters had declined markedly in the last 25 years, Everth said. Sea life around the Coromandel coast has visibly declined over the past 25 years, says Everth. Photo: Ferntech/ Unsplash "When you look at the number of fish boil-ups or the size of those... or the number of birds working them, that has all been declining significantly in the 25 years that I've been sailing here," he said. "It's really, really worrying. "If this trend continues we might find that we are tipping some tipping points in our marine environment." The coast was "fundamental" to Coromande...
Sharnae Hope16:16, Jun 01 2021 Stuff Snapper is the main fish species caught by recreational fishermen. But cuts in bag limits, increased size limits and fewer recreational fishermen have contributed to a fall in the number of fish being caught. Crayfish are “functionally extinct” in some areas of the Hauraki Gulf, snapper and tarakihi populations are struggling and scallop beds have been stripped bare in the eastern Coromandel. Over the past three years various reports have recorded an overall collapse in marine life in Hauraki Gulf and Thames-Coromandel waters, prompting locals to call...
Press Release – Sharyn Morcom Organisers of a community event designed to discuss the health of marine life around the Coromandel Peninsula are calling for interested parties to attend and take part in a discussion on how to manage human impact on marine eco-systems. In June, scientists, … Organisers of a community event designed to discuss the health of marine life around the Coromandel Peninsula are calling for interested parties to attend and take part in a discussion on how to manage human impact on marine eco-systems. In June, scientists, conservationists, iwi leaders, local offici...