Aquaculture

Shellfish biotoxin alert for Marlborough Sounds

The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) issued a public health warning on March 1 against collecting shellfish in the ...

Nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea and paralysis. You have been warned - take any shellfish from Pelorus Sound at your own risk.

Green peace breaks out video

The Yellow Crowned Kākāriki will be bred at the new Koru Native Wildlife Centre in Linkwater.

A conservation group and fishing company who previously butted heads have made peace.

Sea temperatures worry farmers video

Marlborough's waters were hotter than average in early January this year, according to Niwa.

The weather's expected to get warmer next week, and that could be bad news for marine farmers.

Big factory ships of Taranaki coast

Sealord's factory fishing ship, Tokatu, is targeting jack mackerel off the Taranaki coast.

Fishing fleet targets jack mackerel species off Taranaki coastline.

Public notice annoys farm opponents

Big Bay on the northern side of Banks Peninsula, where the owners of a mussel farm have plans to double the size of ...

More opposition to the expansion of a Banks Peninsula marine farm may have been stymied by a public notice, opponents say.

Marine farm's controversial plans

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Big Bay on Banks Peninsula, where the owners of a mussel farm have plans to expand their ...

Pigeon Bay Aquaculture's plans to extend its marine farm have some worried.

Kingfish farm one step closer

Pare Hauraki Kaimoana can apply for a resource consent to farm kingfish in the Hauraki Gulf.

Coromandel iwi planning North Island's first offshore fish farm has two years to apply.

Delving deep to bring science alive

Waimea College science teacher Drew McGlashen with mussels that have had sensors attached as part of a Cawthron ...

Analysing whale and dolphin sounds and putting finely-tuned sensors on mussels are not your typical science class topics.

King Salmon's super-size winner

Wharekauhau Country Estate executive chef Marc Soper preparing his dish for the Ora King Salmon awards last year.

With just 10 harvested a month, the tyee fish is only sold at special international functions.

Salmon safe and Sound

New Zealand King Salmon award winner Justin Hough, left, receives his Seafood Stars Award from CEO Grant Rosewarn.

A background in construction helped a New Zealand King Salmon worker do what was best for the fish.

Disappearing king shags 'doomed'?

A new colony at Tawhitinui Bay, a fairly sheltered part of Te Hoiere/Pelorus Sound, actually gained about 22 birds in ...

A quarter of the rare seabirds have been lost in the last three years, leaving residents and industry wondering why.

Nelson team creating magic

Tony Downing, left, and Joseph Norris with a Tyee box designed to hold just one fish, an ultra premium product that puts ...

Ask any producer and they will tell you making a product is the easy part, selling it is another matter altogether and that is where Tony Downing and the team at Downing Creative shine.

Seafood industry acknowledges its stars

FinestKind chief executive Donna Wells was presented with a Seafood Stars Award for more than 25 years' service to the ...

Long service and bright innovation reaps rewards for some of Nelson's seafood stars.

'Impressed' PM thanks students

Marlborough Girls' College students, from left, Stacey Wilkey, Siobhan Hemingway, Demi Fearn and Julee Pillans presented ...

Letter with handwritten note said girls' passion gave PM "hope for the future of New Zealand and the planet".

Be more like Aussie - marine expert

Marine biologists Laura Richards and Rob Davidson who track the condition of ecologically significant marine sites on ...

Biologist: NZ's over-inflated opinion of wonderful sea protection couldn't be further from the truth.

Tokatu still fishing

New Zealand's state of the art, deep sea fishing vessel Tokatu arrived in Nelson last month.

Sealord says factory fixes are required on their flagship vessel, but the fish are still being caught.

Mussels big on algae

More than 100 mussel farms in the Sounds were closed after a public health warning was issued in May.

Algae is the "bread and butter" of mussels, so the extra water time isn't all bad.

Plans for Cook Strait salmon farm

King salmon.

Cook Strait could be the perfect site for farming salmon in "underwater skyscrapers".

Talley's loses workplace safety dispute

Talleys has had its appeal over a WorkSafe safety improvement notice dismissed by the High Court.

High Court ruling settles Talley's and WorkSafe dispute stemming from a workplace accident recommendation.

'Turf war' in the Sounds

New Zealand King Salmon struggled with salmon deaths caused by warm temperatures over summer.

Salmon farmer and mussel farmer go head-to-head in High Court over who gets first dibs.

Scallops 'not worth it'

New Funky Fish owner Calvert James isn't bothered by the scallop ban because he sells dozens of Bluff Oysters every night.

They'd have to charge $5 a scallop to make it worth the hassle. Plus they're happy to let stocks recover.

Students push for marine protection

Marlborough Girls' College students, from left, Stacey Wilkey, Baylee McConaghey, Demi Fearn, Holly Wills (centre ...

PM's Office says the teens will be "hearing back from us soon", but that was before Ardern went into labour.

NZ's next dairy?

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People scoffed at the wine industry when it started out. Salmon can "easily exceed" that, then it's coming for dairy.

NZKS turns to the Atlantic

New Zealand King Salmon has had to import salmon from abroad to cope with demand. (File Photo)

New Zealand King Salmon imports Atlantic salmon from Norway and Canada to meet orders.

Shellfish warnings extended

The warning against eating shellfish has extended to the outer heads of the Pelorus Sound in Marlborough.

Paralytic biotoxin continues to spread and public health warnings against collecting shellfish continue.

Oyster industry was on the cusp of success

Sanford Big Glory Bay mussel farm manager Rebecca Diaz-Parry.

For many oyster farmers, the years of toil were coming to fruition with the oyster farming industry on the precipice of supplying year-round oysters, but then it all collapsed.

Over 100 mussel farms close

More than 100 mussel farms have closed in the Marlborough Sounds in response to high levels of Paralytic Shellfish ...

Marlborough Sounds mussel farms harvest disrupted after a toxic algal bloom rips through the area.

Banking on blue mussels

Blue mussels, or "blues", are a rich source of protein, and could replace soy in the diet of farmed fish.

Soy shortage leaves farmed fish without essential source of protein. Shame on you, vegans.

Alex Chu honoured by Massey

Cheong Ping (Alex) Chu, middle, receives an honorary science doctorate during Massey University agriculture graduation.

Chinese born Dr Alex Chu has received an honorary doctorate from Massey University.

Vandals attack hatchery again

Two hundred salmon had to be disposed of after a person broke in to a salmon hatchery near Dunedin and turned off vital ...

Salmon valued at $20,000 have died after another act of vandalism at a Dunedin hatchery.

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