Major recreational fishing survey gets go-ahead
The largest study into recreational fishing in a decade will commence this year, Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley announced today.
Costing $5 million over the next four years, the study results will greatly improve understanding of how many people are going fishing, diving and gathering shellfish; where they fish and how much they are catching.
Work on designing the project will begin immediately with the research scheduled to start in time for the 2011-2012 summer fishing season. Click on link below for the whole announcement.
http://www.beehive.govt.nz/release/major+recreational+fishing+survey+gets+go-ahead