Monthly Archives: July 2024

Australia Lets Talley’s Super-Trawler to Target Fragile Orange Roughy

Fears are that Australia’s orange roughy stocks are under threat from a New Zealand super trawler of Talley Fisheries. The orange roughy fishery plunged under  previous fishing, apparently by Talleys. Conservationists are concerned by the decision to allow the Amaltal … Continue reading

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New Book Hits at NZ’s Freshwater Crisis

Book Review ”The Fight for Freshwater – a memoir” by Mike Joy, published by Bridget Williams Books, price $39.99. Reviewed by Tony Orman. A leading ecologist and a controversial one at that Mike Joy has written a book “The Fight for … Continue reading

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So-called “Pests”are a Biological Weapon against Invasive Wilding Pines?

by Ben Hope Possums and rats may be a biological weapon against the spread of wilding pines in the high country by gobbling up the seeds. Research led by Scion invasion ecologist Tom Carlin revealed that rodents and possums – … Continue reading

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