Fish and Game

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 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 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 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.