What we learned in Western Australia
Originally published in Seafood New Zealand, August 2017. Read more
Dr Randall Bess
9 August, 2017
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Sharing the cost of managing inshore fisheries
Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders fish each year. Fishing is integral to the Kiwi way of life. Read more
Dr Randall Bess
4 August, 2017
Changing and preserving the recreational right to fish
You may not have read Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard but you probably know the novel’s most famous line, “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” To change things so they can stay the same – that is the gist of our new fisheries report The Future Catch. We released it for consultation on Tuesday. Read more
Dr Randall Bess
4 August, 2017
Kiwi pastime of fishing under threat
Research Fellow Randall Bess on the Breakfast Show discussing his latest report The Future Catch.
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Dr Randall Bess
3 August, 2017
The Future Catch on RadioLIVE
Interview with Dr Randall Bess about his latest report The Future Catch on RadioLIVE. Read more
Dr Randall Bess
2 August, 2017
Media Release: Money no excuse for the Government to not protect recreational fisheries
The Government must take its head out of the water and urgently act to protect New Zealand’s recreational fisheries, before our fishing way of life is lost. Around 600,000 people fish each year in New Zealand, but this pastime is under threat with increases in New Zealand’s population and tourism numbers and increasing competition with commercial fishers for limited fisheries resources. Read more
1 August, 2017
Discussing The Future Catch
Dr Randall Bess discusses his latest report The Future Catch on Newstalk ZB. Read more
Dr Randall Bess
1 August, 2017
Growth in charter boat fishing requires a management rethink
Unless the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) imposes some restrictions on the charter boats operating in the Kaikoura region, the rock lobster fishery could be unsustainable within a couple years, according to local commercial fishers. And they could be right. Read more
Dr Randall Bess
10 July, 2017
The future of New Zealand's recreational fisheries
Originally published in The Fishing Paper and Hunting News - July 2017. Read more
5 July, 2017
A world-leading solution?
The 2017 Budget brought a boost to fisheries management intended to enhance New Zealand’s much-touted world-leading Quota Management System. The Minister for Primary Industries announced $30.5 million towards a world-leading Integrated Electronic Monitoring and Reporting System (IEMRS). Read more
Dr Randall Bess
9 June, 2017