Fish And Game

Fishing licences are down this year which could mean more opportunity for a successful catch. Fish and Game ranger Adam Daniel lets us in on his favourite places to go in the Central North Island.

It's wild salmon fishing season, and our guest this week, Chief Executive of North Canterbury Fish & Game, Rasmus Gabrielsson, talks about efforts to keep the fishery sustainable.

Freshwater insects, worms and snails are under pressure, but scientists are divided over what this means for the overall state of our rivers.

Northland Fish and Game is objecting to the renewal of resource consent for Northpower's Wairua power station. Audio

A new survey shows strong support for commercial businesses, including dairy, to pay for the damage they cause the environment.

River and lake pollution has been ranked as one of the country's top concerns in a public opinion poll.

Waterfowl can be poisoned if they eat lead-based shotgun ammunition, and the Fish and Game Council has voted to phase it out.

Fish and Game and the Environment Defence Society are taking on the Horizons Regional Council in court today in a bid to improve its regional plan, including rules around farming and conversions.

The government is failing to manage the risk of farming to human health because there is no tool to manage effluent run-off from farms, Fish and Game says.

Fish & Game is astonished it has been left out of a law change that would give rangers more powers to investigate offenders.