Wellington, Feb 23 NZPA - Fishing industry efforts to trim protection for endangered Hector's and Maui's dolphins have had mixed results in the High Court at Wellington, after lawyers for the Federation of Commercial Fishermen attempted to block six proposed bans on set netting and inshore trawli

Wellington, Feb 18 NZPA - A special inshore Kaikoura fishing area should be axed after a commercial fisherman caught and killed a protected Hector's dolphin, a marine mammal expert says.

Highly threatened Hector's dolphin populations around New Zealand are still declining despite new protection measures implemented in 2008, according to new University of Otago research.

Leading law, policy and science experts will gather in Wellington this week to tackle the issue of how to reduce the levels of recreational and commercial fishing bycatch that are seriously threatening New Zealand's marine animal species.

Leading law, policy and science experts will gather in Wellington next month to tackle the issue of how to reduce the levels of recreational and commercial fishing bycatch that are seriously threatening New Zealand's marine animal species.

17 OCTOBER 2008 - Newly published research from the University of Otago confirms that Hector's dolphins are disappearing more than ten times faster than populations can sustain.