For generations now our proximity to the ocean, and our reliance on what it provides, has helped define our identity as New Zealanders.
But with all those generations enjoying and exploiting that resource, is our seemingly endless love of the ocean putting its health at risk?
The Forest and Bird best fish guide has been a runaway success and is currently in the process of being updated for 2012.
We thought it might be a good time to remind ourselves which fish are good, which are bad, and what can be done to reduce the pressure?
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