hoki News

Today, the New Zealand Minister of Fisheries announced that the Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) of the nation’s two hoki fisheries for the upcoming fishing year will be increased by 20,000 tonnes, - more than a 20 percent increase.

Less than two weeks after the New York Times ran a story questioning the sustainability of New Zealand’s hoki fisheries the newspaper apologized for its conduct in reporting the story.

In a rebuke to a New York Times story questioning the sustainability of New Zealand’s hoki fisheries [From Deep Pacific, Ugly and Tasty, With a Catch, 09/09/09], the New Zealand Seafood Industry struck back today in an open letter to the newspaper