Declining numbers may close whitebait season
The whitebait season may be closed earlier to help declining numbers, with reports of a very patchy season in the south so far.
The season starts on August 15 and runs until November 30, although it is slightly different for the West Coast and the Chatham Islands, but whitebaiters either say they are having a booming season or a poor one.
National Whitebait Working Group member Jan Riddell, of Winton, says her group is meeting regularly to give Conservation Minister Eugenie Sage recommendations about improving whitebait management.
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Poll: Would you rather: Christmas in summer forever or winter forever?
Just a bit of a fun poll to get you thinking.
If you had to live out your Christmas days, would you prefer it was a summer Christmas or a winter Christmas?
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63.3% Summer
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35.4% Winter
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1.3% Other - I'll share below
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