As duck hunting season opens, the New Zealand Fish and Game Council is the subject of a damning report which could result in a complete overhaul. READ MORE:* Fish & Game seen as an 'old boys' club', rife with governance problems, review finds* Fish and game suffer while the organisation charged with looking after their interests and habitat founders* Central South Island Fish and Game await reviewThere are 12 regional fish and game councils charged with managing game bird and sports fish populations locally while the New Zealand Fish and Game Council is charged with advocating the interests of licensed anglers and hunters nationally, as well as co-ordinating and auditing the work of regional councils. This was a new role which some regional fish and game councils, which evolved from former acclimatisation societies, resented and refused to co-operate with. Tom O’Connor served on acclimatisation societies and several regional fish and game councils for more than 40 years. In that time he was a member of the New Zealand Fish and Game Council and represented the director-general of Conservation on one of them.

Source: Stuff April 30, 2021 16:52 UTC