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Ahead of the Future of Recreational Fishing public meeting in Christchurch, Dr Randall Bess is interviewed on Newstalk ZB. On Wednesday 23 August he visits the Woolston Club to hear the ideas and opinions of the New Zealand recreational fishing community in Christchurch. Read more
When Aesop told the fable of the Four Oxen and the Lion, and uttered the famous phrase “United we stand, divided we fall,” I doubt he was thinking about the plight of recreational fishers. But, as with any good fable, this lesson nevertheless holds true. Read more
Originally published in the Blenheim Sun. Read more
Research Fellow Randall Bess talks on Radio Ngati Porou about the future of Recreational Fisheries and his latest report. Read more
Originally published in Seafood New Zealand, August 2017. Read more
Hundreds of thousands of New Zealanders fish each year. Fishing is integral to the Kiwi way of life. Read more
You may not have read Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa’s The Leopard but you probably know the novel’s most famous line, “If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.” To change things so they can stay the same – that is the gist of our new fisheries report The Future Catch. We released it for consultation on Tuesday. Read more
Research Fellow Randall Bess on the Breakfast Show discussing his latest report The Future Catch.
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Interview with Dr Randall Bess about his latest report The Future Catch on RadioLIVE. Read more
The Government must take its head out of the water and urgently act to protect New Zealand’s recreational fisheries, before our fishing way of life is lost. Around 600,000 people fish each year in New Zealand, but this pastime is under threat with increases in New Zealand’s population and tourism numbers and increasing competition with commercial fishers for limited fisheries resources. Read more