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Operations Manager - Otago Fish and Game Council

Looking for a new challenge? Seeking a good balance of field and desk duties?

  • Otago
  • 1/08/2022
  • Bruce Quirey
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Health check for Lake Wanaka

Otago Fish & Game will monitor the health of Lake Wānaka after trout went off the bite for many anglers in the 2021-2022 fishing season.

  • Otago
  • 1/08/2022
  • Bruce Quirey
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The Rakitata Revival Strategy

  Ko te Whakahaumanu o te Rakitata Awa  Mauri is an essential element of the spiritual relationship of Kāi Tahu with the awa, embodying the physical and spiritual elements that make up…

  • Central South Island
  • 16/06/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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CSIFG Council Sports Fish & Game Management Plan

UPDATE APRIL 2022: THE SPORTS FISH AND GAME MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR CSIFG COUNCIL HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND APPROVED BY THE MINISTER OF CONSERVATION CLICK HERE TO VIEW IT.

  • Central South Island
  • 22/04/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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‘Significantly’ More Work Needed To Remedy Environment Woes – Fish & Game

Fish & Game says the latest stocktake of the New Zealand environment points to significantly more work being required to improve water quality and reverse wetland loss.

  • 14/04/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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ALERT: Te Reinga Bridge Closure (Ruakituri River)

The Te Reinga Bridge on the Ruakituri River is Closed to all passage (pedestrians and vehicles) until further notice following damage to the structural support.

  • Eastern
  • 7/04/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Manchurian wild rice could trick you

Duck hunting gets you out along the waterways and in among some of the plants that like wet feet.

  • 18/01/2022
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Positives found in High Court loss on Lindis

Otago Fish and Game Council is considering the implications of a judgement from the High Court where its appeal against the Lindis River Environment Court decision was not upheld.

  • 3/12/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Fish & Game Supports Calls for Forestry Re-Focus

Fish & Game NZ is supporting calls for an urgent rethink on the rapid proliferation of exotic forests currently being supported by central government, and instead, refocus on native plantings…

  • 25/11/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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Band-Aid Won’t Heal Canterbury’s Water Woes

Fish & Game says Environment Canterbury’s (ECan) recent amendments to planning provisions are nothing more than a “band-aid solution” to critical overallocation and pollution of the region’s waterways.

  • 24/11/2021
  • Richie Cosgrove
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