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'Not great year' for whitebaiters

Otago Daily Times 30 Oct 2024
Photo. West Coast Regional Council. The shortened whitebait season ended today without a hiss, let alone a roar, and the Grey River running dirty ... .
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Southland whitebaiting swoop nets four fishing illegally

Otago Daily Times 16 Oct 2024
Photo. ODT Files. Four Southland men face fines and the destruction of their fishing equipment after being caught illegally whitebaiting ... .
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Four Southland men caught illegally catching whitebait have nets seized

RNZ 16 Oct 2024
Police say four Southland men who were catching whitebait illegally have had their nets seized and will face enforcement from the Department of Conservation ... The whitebait fishing season for New ...
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Four caught illegally whitebaiting during joint operation in Southland (New Zealand Police)

Public Technologies 16 Oct 2024
"It is important all whitebaiters comply with the whitebait fishing regulations as this will help sustainably manage this precious taonga," said John McCarroll, Department of Conservation Operations Manager, Murihiku District.
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Rain, river conditions make for whitebait season shocker

Stuff 04 Oct 2024
High and dirty rivers have led to poor catch rates in Southland, experienced baiters say ....
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Communities rally to help whitebaiter's family

Otago Daily Times 20 Sep 2024
A rescue helicopter searched Rapahoe Beach on Wednesday. Photo. Greymouth Star. The Runanga and Rapahoe communities are rallying to help the wife and six children of a local man who drowned this week while whitebaiting near his home ... .
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Whitebaiter dies after being swept down river into sea

NewstalkZB 18 Sep 2024
A man has died whitebaiting near Rapahoe on the West Coast after being swept down a river and into the sea. Police rushed to Davy Creek at 10am after being notified “that a person had been swept down the river towards the ocean” ... Photo / Jason Oxenham.
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Whitebaiter dies after being swept into sea by 'rogue' wave

NewstalkZB 18 Sep 2024
A man has died whitebaiting near Rapahoe on the West Coast after being swept into the sea ... A fellow whitebaiter raised the alarm and watched helplessly as the drama unfolded about 10am ... Waves crashing in at Rapahoe Bay, north of Greymouth ... .
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Murky waters yield slim pickings for whitebaiters

Otago Daily Times 16 Sep 2024
Keen Kakanui River whitebaiters line up at the mouth yesterday. PHOTO. BRENDON MCMAHON. Oamaru whitebaiters are searching for gold, although anecdotally the season so far has been patchy ... .
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Hawke’s Bay Gets Ready For Whitebait Season

Scoop 14 Sep 2024
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council Operations Manager Antony Rewcastle says this is the first whitebaiting season in two years and fishers should expect changed river conditions ... .
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Whitebaiters ‘bullied’ with fee rise

Otago Daily Times 11 Sep 2024
A whitebaiter says he is struggling to understand ...
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Whitebaiters accepting of stand fee increase

Otago Daily Times 04 Sep 2024
Allen Herbert at his stand on the Mataura River near Fortrose. PHOTOS. GERRIT DOPPENBERG. Whitebait is on the menu as the season kicks off, albeit with a bigger price tag for stands ... .
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Fishy delicacy: Whitebait season under way

Stuff 03 Sep 2024
The first day of spring, heralded the first day of whitebait season with many rising early in South Canterbury on Sunday hoping to catch some ....

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