The Government is taking action to protect mainland New Zealand’s hoiho population through a temporary emergency fishery ...

The three-month ban follows a voluntary closure by set-net fishers last week and earlier calls for a ban during the breeding season of hoiho – the 2024 Bird of the Year. Professor Brett Gartrell, ...

Minister Jones explained that the decision, while difficult, was necessary to address the accidental capture of hoiho in set nets, known as bycatch.

WELLINGTON, Sept. 15 (Xinhua) -- New Zealand has imposed an emergency ban on set net fishing around Otago Peninsula to protect the endangered yellow-eyed penguin, or hoiho.

An emergency set net fishing ban is being put into place around the Otago Peninsula to protect a threatened penguin ...

New Zealand’s iconic hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, is at the center of a new conservation effort, with the Government announcing a three-month emergency fishery closure around the Otago Peninsula.

As Oceans and Fisheries Minister, Shane Jones has recently taken action to protect the endangered yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho) by implementing a temporary ban on set-net fishing around the Otago ...

The Government is taking action to protect mainland New Zealand's hoiho population through a temporary emergency fishery closure, and will seek public ...

The Environmental Law Initiative (ELI), backed by the Yellow Eyed Penguin Trust, Forest and Bird and the World Wildlife Fund ...

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Story by Rebecca Cairns, CNN; Video by Hazel Pfeifer, CNN Sassy, hardy, and vicious: that’s how yellow-eyed penguins are fondly described by the people who spend their days working with them. “(They) ...