Ever since the first overseas trawlers steamed over the horizon more than 40 years ago fisheries management has been contentious.

Public concern about how we go about rebuilding and enhancing our fisheries has increased.........

Some of the most encouraging outcomes of the Kahawai Challenge have been the new relationships forged during the proceedings and the clarity provided by the Courts about allocation.............

Thanks to the vision and generosity of New Zealand Fishing News readers the Challenge team are slowing gnawing away at the Kahawai Fund deficit..............

It has been interesting to read the different reactions to the Supreme Court's judgment of the Kahawai appeal brought by the New Zealand Big Game and Recreational Fishing Councils.

The Court released its decision on 28 May 2009, with a majority of the judges (four to one) disallowing the appeal by recreational fishers.

After 4 years of successive court hearings the Supreme Court, in dismissing the Kahawai appeal brought by the New Zealand Big Game and Recreational Fishing Councils, has delivered what maybe termed a mixed bag......................

The Supreme Court Kahawai appeal brought by the New Zealand Big Game and Recreational Fishing Councils has been dismissed by a majority decision delivered on May 28th...............

The Kahawai Legal Challenge has been a five-year battle to defend the right of every man, woman and child to fish for food in the sea. And it has been expensive!
Many amateur fishers have no idea just how important the KLC is in defining their current rights to fish in the sea and determining how those rights will be accommodated in future.

Late summer runs of kahawai can provide an exciting day's fishing so it is encouraging to hear that some people have been enjoying recent opportunities to test their angling skills and take home a few for the smoker.