On social media, set netters educate drift boats on how to prevent damage to set net gear. Megan Hurlburt was pulling a set net on Ekuk beach when a drift boat snapped her line. “We had our truck ...

An environmental charity is taking legal action over the decision to close a portion of northern hoiho habitat to set net fishing, saying it doesn't go far enough to protect the endangered penguins.

The High Court has dismissed an environmental charity's claim that an emergency ban on set net fishing around Otago Peninsula didn't go far enough to protect hoiho. The Environmental Law Initiative ...