Otago Fish and Game is contemplating legal action after the Otago Regional Council indicated it would probably not grant consent for Fish and Game's proposed wetland redevelopment on the lower Taieri.
Fish and Game Otago rangers are using modern technology to get a bird's eye view of hunters shooting ducks from hidden mai mais.
Fish and Game Otago is disappointed ground 1080 poisoning in upland areas home to game birds will not be screened to reduce the risk of by-kill.
Fish and Game Otago will continue to try to get the Otago Regional Council to discuss issues around 1080 poisoning and gamebird "by-kill" after a request to have ground bait screened was turned down.
Fish and Game Otago is keen for contractors to take gravel from consolidated sites, including through quarrying, rather than continuing the "contentious" practice of removing it from Otago rivers.
The Otago Fish and Game Council has unveiled plans to restore a large drained wetland off the lower Taieri River.
Landing a 2.3kg trout on just his second fishing trip was enough to get Milton teenager Cody Clark (14) hooked on angling.
A forum to assist decision-making concerning wetlands might go some way to alleviate the "high degree of suspicion" farmers have about bureaucratic processes, Otago Fish and Game Council environmental officer Peter Wilson says.
The Otago Fish and Game Council has posted an $87,772 surplus, making it the "cash cow" of its counterparts across the country, chairman Monty Wright told the annual meeting in Dunedin yesterday.
Two South Otago men have been fined nearly $1000 each for fishing without licences on the lower Clutha River.
Recent tests for didymo in 19 Fiordland National Park rivers have come back negative, a pleasing result for Fish and Game and Department of Conservation (Doc) staff.
Dunedin's Ross Creek reservoir is to be lowered an additional 2.7m to lessen the risk of collapse from "low to inconceivable", as the city prepares to make a final decision on the future of the picturesque facility.
An Otago Fish and Game councillor claims blue-ribbon back country fisheries are being "commandeered by overseas anglers and their guides".
Attempts to gain access to the land at the centre of the Nevis River damming debate have been met with a "blanket refusal" from lease-holder Pioneer Generation, Fish and Game told an Environment Court hearing in Queenstown on Wednesday.
The increasing dishonesty of anglers about whether they hold a fishing licence is leading Fish and Game Otago to warn it will look at confiscating equipment rather than giving anglers the benefit of doubt.
A group of school pupils and their teacher discovered dead trout floating in Kaikorai Valley Stream yesterday.
Mediation might cut down the "extensive cost" of preparing evidence for the next round of the fight over whether damming should be prohibited on the Nevis River, the Environment Court was told in Queenstown yesterday.
Fish and Game Otago is demanding an urgent meeting with the Otago Regional Council over the fact a South Otago wetland has been drained and converted to farmland.
Photgraphs of damage done to a South Otago wetland are a "shocker", Otago regional councillor Michael Deaker says.
The deteriorating condition of rivers such as the Pomahaka in West Otago has driven the Otago Fish and Game Council to take a more proactive approach to ensuring the conservation and recreational values of Otago's waterways are maintained.
