Photo by Glenys Wilson
Kia ora Friend,
We hope you all had a great break full of good times, good weather and successful fishing (if that's your thing!).
2022 is well underway now and we're looking forward to a exciting year.
There will be plenty going on with our oceans and fisheries and we will be keeping you up to date with the important issues.
The year that was 2021
Thanks to your support, 2021 was a big year for LegaSea. From Kai Ika to numerous fisheries management campaigns, there wasn't a dull moment.
We've captured the highs and lows so you can see in a flash what we have achieved together. Watch the clip here.
The LegaSea Summer Photography Competition
Our annual photo competition is staying open until the end of February.
Using your photography skills, you could win some must-have gear from Barkers, Daiwa NZ, and Marine Deals.
Click here for more info.
A photo speaks a 1000 words. By sharing your photos you can help showcase how wonderful our marine environment is, and why it's important to protect it for generations to follow.
That's why we'd like you to send your best photos. Categories are defined below and you can enter as many times as you like. This is an awesome way to support the effort for more fish in the water and a healthier marine environment.
1st prize pack worth over $450
Three 2nd prize packs valued at over $250
Photo categories:
1. Landscape coastal shots.
2. Marine life in their natural environment.
3. People preparing and eating seafood – filleting, smoking fish, cooking, eating, and using the whole fish.
4. Lifestyle shots – diving, fishing, camping, enjoying being by the sea.
Send your photos by email, dropbox, WeTransfer, Google or OneDrive to:
Photos@legasea.co.nz
Please note: Any photos submitted become the property of LegaSea to use in campaigns, online and newsletters. Credit will be given where practical; mostly in the format of LegaSea/your first name. your last name.
Submissions update - scallops, crayfish, hāpuku, blue cod
February 8th is the deadline for a bunch of submissions that must be sent to Fisheries New Zealand. Our NZ Sport Fishing Council fisheries team is busy developing responses to proposals for hāpuku, bass, crayfish and scallops.
Submissions on proposed changes to the management of blue cod on the South Island's east coast are due by 4 March.
For all these precious creatures we will be advocating for the Minister to make conservative decisions. We can help restore marine biodiversity by increasing the abundance of fish in the water.
Hāpuku, bass, crayfish and scallop proposals here.
Blue cod proposals here.
No dumping in Hawke's Bay
LegaSea Hawke's Bay has said an outright no to the proposal by their Regional Council to dump more than 50,000 cubic metres of dredge material onto the foreshore south of Napier.
This level of dumping is unacceptable when there are alternatives.
LegaSea Hawke's Bay is urging the Council to dispose of the Clive River dredgings on land. And they are not alone. Local iwi and other community groups have submitted in favour of land disposal. Read more here.
Turkish Bread and the Hī ika cards
Turkish Bread are promoting LegaSea and marine education. Collector cards are going into every Turkish Bread 3 pack Thin Crispy Pizza Bases packet with a Go Fish sticker.
Each of the 25 collector cards has cool facts about species of fish and other marine animals found in New Zealand waters.
Collect them, swap them with your mates, and get the full set to learn about our fish and other marine animals. Or collect multiple cards of the same fish to play GO FISH!
Find out more here.
Defend the deep from bottom trawling
LegaSea and the NZ Sport Fishing Council are members of the Deep Sea Conservation Coalition (DSCC). Together we have launched a new campaign on the streets of Ponsonby to create awareness of the damage being done by bottom trawlers on the high seas.
Street artist Cinzah created this spooky, but beautiful mural of an orange roughy with a bottom trawler reflected in its eye.
The mural was painted to coincide with a South Pacific regional fisheries meeting this week, where New Zealand has continually argued against stricter regulation on bottom trawling to protect seamounts, instead shoring up New Zealand's international bottom trawlers, the only fleet still bottom trawling on seamounts in the region's international waters. This year's review of the rules governing bottom trawling has been pushed to 2023, but the DSCC points out that this shouldn't delay Government action.
"All six New Zealand vessels authorised by the New Zealand government to trawl on seamounts in the South Pacific belong to companies with recent convictions for illegal trawling in closed areas," said Karli Thomas of the DSCC.
"Their fishing permits expire in April, and there is no reason to delay action until 2023. Fisheries Minister David Parker could end the destruction and protect these precious deep-sea ecosystems with the stroke of a pen, by simply refusing to re-issue high seas permits to a handful of trawlers owned by companies that have shown they can't be trusted."
If you haven't signed the petition to stop deep sea bottom trawling on seamounts, you can do so here.
At the beginning of January, a fire tragically gutted the Viking Kayaks factory in Matamata.
Viking Kayaks started out in a small shed in New Zealand in 1999. Grant, Karen, and daughter Michelle Montague had an absolute passion for being on the water which led to the development of cutting-edge high performance and world-class innovative fishing kayaks.
Viking Kayaks have been long-time supporters of LegaSea and the fishing community. The Viking business has been devastated and the community is looking for ways to help them rise from the ashes. Friends of Viking have set up a Give A Little page to help them get back in business. Please consider giving them a helping hand here.
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Ngā mihi
Trish and the LegaSea crew
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