New uses for sea lettuce including bio-fuel, mulch and stock feed are being investigated by a programme coordinator at the Bay of Plenty Regional Council The sea... Read More

Bay of Plenty boaties are set to benefit from a new education campaign designed to push key boating safety messages and generate funds for the Coastguard. In its... Read More

A Bay of Plenty iwi group is working in partnership with Sanford Limited to get more Maori into the fishery industry. 'Step up and go fishing” and 'Work over... Read More

The recreational scallop season in the Bay of Plenty will officially open today. The season will also be open in the Auckland/Coromandel area with bag limits extending... Read More

A fisherman who thought he'd fish for trout with a home-made spear, instead found himself at the sharp end of Fish & Game's enforcement in the Bay of Plenty. Eastern... Read More

Five Tauranga sailors are on their way to Easter Island on two double hulled voyaging wakas on an epic 19,000km journey. Tauranga based navigator Jack Thatcher is... Read More

The first of the interest group conferences on the eventual fate of the wreck of the Rena is being hosted in Tauranga today by Beca consultants. Today's conference... Read More

Having a combined total of 132 undersized and excess paua has landed two men in hot water. The pair, a 35-year-old and a 37-year-old, are facing fisheries charges... Read More

With the whitebait season starting today anglers are being asked to ensure they check, clean and dry their equipment between waterways to avoid spreading fresh water... Read More

A trial using carp to control aquatic weeds is proving a success. The trial funded by the Ministry of Primary Industries is showing grass carp could be used to eradicate... Read More

Elvis Teddy is going home to Opotiki to go cray fishing after the charges against him relating to an oil drilling protest off the East Cape last year were dismissed... Read More

Emergency services officials are warning people the best tsunami warning will come from nature itself after the third false tsunami siren sounded in the coastal... Read More