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Posted at 8:46am Tuesday 18th Jun, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 Snapper levels in the Bay of Plenty are reduced to fishery collapse levels but nothing is being done about it, says Legasea advisor Trish Rea.
Legasea is a population-based advocacy group concerned with keeping fish stocks at a sustainable level for future generations.
The Bay of Plenty snapper fishery is at six per cent of original levels.
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Posted at 7:16am Saturday 15th Jun, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 Marine biologists are giving the Astrolabe Reef a cautious, qualified, clean bill of health after the cargo ship Rena struck the reef in October 2011, and subsequently broke up.
Keith Gregor and Phil Ross made the announcement in a seminar at the Bay of Plenty Polytechnic yesterday where the pair shared findings collected from a two-day dive around...
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Posted at 1:00pm Monday 10th Jun, 2013
 The $1million Rena fund intended to cover some of the costs incurred from the grounding of the containership Rena opens for applications today.
The ship’s charterer Mediterranean Shipping Company has opened the fund to parties affected by the grounding on Astrolabe Reef in October 2011 and subsequent oil spill.
The Rena grounded on Astrolabe...
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Posted at 3:53pm Sunday 09th Jun, 2013
 Tauranga yacht Squealer has limped safely to port in Fiji, after being dismasted in the race from Auckland.
All crew on board Squealer are safe and sound after being dismasted in the race.
All crew are reported safe and sound, after the yacht’s rig came down about a day from the finish line, at Musket Cove.
The Royal NZ Yacht Squadron reports...
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Posted at 12:57pm Friday 07th Jun, 2013
Bay of Plenty mooring contractor Nick Gear is refuting allegations made against him by a group of mooring owners at a Bay of Plenty Regional Council meeting yesterday.
A party of mooring owners took their allegations, that the regional council’s swing mooring system is being mismanaged, to a public meeting at council’s Barkes Corner...
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Posted at 3:49pm Tuesday 04th Jun, 2013
 The $1million Rena fund intended to cover some of the costs incurred following the grounding of the containership Rena opens for applications next week.
The ship’s charterer Mediterranean Shipping Company will open the fund to parties affected by the grounding on Astrolabe Reef in October 2011 and subsequent oil spill on June 10.
Rena grounded...
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Posted at 10:00am Monday 03rd Jun, 2013 | By Corrie Taylor
 It will soon be compulsory for boaties to wear a lifejacket while underway on vessels measuring six metres or less on Waikato waterways.
Tauranga harbourmaster Jennifer Roberts
The rule, coming into effect on July 1, is part of the new Navigation Safety Bylaw adopted by Waikato Regional Council last week, and includes the Coromandel Peninsula...
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Posted at 7:00am Saturday 01st Jun, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell Andrew@thesun.co.nz
 Tauranga yacht Squealer is the smallest boat starting in the Auckland to Musket Cove yacht race beginning at noon in Auckland today.
Despite its size, part owner Brian Kent and the yacht’s crew say they can still take the race on handicap.
Tauranga yacht Squealer.
“It’s going to be a race against the clock, it’s just a case of...
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Posted at 2:37pm Wednesday 29th May, 2013 | By Andrew Campbell andrew@thesun.co.nz
 A 35foot motor sailor has been lost at Plate Island in the Bay of Plenty, the Maketu Volunteer Coastguard reports.
Coastguard president Shane Beech says Coastguard was called to rescue a couple on the boat around 8pm on Saturday evening.
A boat has been lost near Plate Island.
The boat was on a delivery voyage from Picton to Thames when it struck trouble...
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Posted at 3:14pm Saturday 25th May, 2013
 Seven new species of sea urchins known as tam o’shanters have been discovered in a collection of urchins in the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research’s (NIWA) Invertebrate Collection.
Deep water fisheries scientist Owen Anderson says unfortunately people have little chance of seeing any of the new species alive because they...
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