Fish Care

FishCare promotes best practice techniques to help recreational fishers reduce their impact on our inshore fisheries.


Kai Ika

Feeding communities with previously under utilised Kai Moana.


Hiwi the Kiwi

A fun way of teaching the children of New Zealand about our fishery and the marine environment and encourages the young people of today to participate in fishing and to enjoy the many opportunities that we are privileged to have in New Zealand.


Game Fishing Tagging News

The New Zealand Gamefish Tagging Programme (GTP) provides information on the size and distribution of fish released by recreational anglers in New Zealand waters. Recaptures provide information on fish growth, distance and direction of movement, time at liberty and in some circumstances, the average migration rate of the fish.

Which type of gamefish tag to use?