Fiordland

Let's get to know this area a bit more!

Hello everybody, I’m Arnaud and I’m going to talk you a bit about a video that we’ve watched in the classroom. This video speaks about Fiordland.

In Fiordland, there are some men who fish wild lobsters in a fjord. The fisher men are allowed to fish lobsters only if they are 54 mm wide. They stored the lobsters in cage until a helicopter pick them up and fly to Te Anau (which is 280 km from Dunedin). In Te Anau, there is a big factory where the lobsters are put into big Frigolite’ boxes. Then, they are exported (in less than 48 h so they are still fresh) alive to Japan, Shangaï, Hong-Kong and Pekin.

20 years ago, there was a shortage of lobsters. So the fisher meKn have to reduce the quotas. And now, there are a lot of lobsters again.

Have you ever heard about this activity next to Dunedin? Do you often eat lobsters? Is it good? What do you think about this activity?

I hope that you like my presentation and I hope you will answer my questions. I’m looking forward to your answers.

Hi girls! Three weeks ago we watched a report on Fiordland. So now, I'm going to speak about the activities that people do there. Have you already been to Fiordland?

The coastine at Fiordland is indented and the animal life in the sea is great. Among others, there are lobsters which are fished and exported in gread number. Two fishermen fish them. Only those lobsters of wich the bodies are longer than 54 mm may be kept. When fishing, it may not rain becouse when rainwater falls into the sea water and if lobsters come into contact with rainwater they grow stiff and they flounder the risk to lose some of their legs. After they had been fished, a helicopter comes from Te Anau to fetch them and export them in less than 48 hours becouse they are always alive to get more value. The greatest buyers of lobsters are the Japanese. Do you often eat lobsters in New Zealand? You should pay attention becouse a few years ago there was a shortage of lobsters and the quotas had to be reduced.

I hope you have learnt some thing and you will enjoy the lobsters in yours own country. Evolène

Hello Everybody, I hope that everything is all right, there are one week ago, we saw a reportage about the fishing in Fiordland. I don't know that you like fishing !

We saw in the documentary a beautiful Landscape and some wonderful untended coastline. we learnt that the fisher men fishing there in Te Anau. Te Anau is a little town in the south of N-Z. It's located at two hundred eighty kilometres of Dunedin.

We have known that there are twenty years ago that there were a shortage of lobster. For that the organisation reduce quotas for limited the fishing.

We saw again that Te Anau export around the world like Shanghais, Hong-Kong, Beijing. We have learnt that the Japan was the number one in the past but now it's New-Zealand. The lobster are export by helicopter and after by plane and are deliver alive less that forty-eight hours around da world. Now, i have some questions to ask to you. Do you like fishing ? Have you got some relatives who work in fishing business Have you ever been to Te Anau ? Is Dunedin is a town whitch live thanks to the fishing? Are there a fishing factory in Dunedin ?

New-Zealand is very wonderful, I have could learn some news think about you country. Bye bye, see you soon. Arnaud.R

Hi girls ! Today, I speak about the fishing in New-Zealand.Are there a lot of fisher in your country ? I saw a documentary, it spoke about the Steward Island and more particular about Oban, Do you know that ? There are less than three hundred inhabitants. They make a living with fishing and a tourism.Are there a lot of tourism in Dunedin ? A fisher who called Ron Dennis fishes abalone then he uses a new and revolutionary Technic to transplant peal into the abalone. I suppose, you know that, it's a shellfish, have you all ready eat pawa ? In fact, he anesthetizes Pawa, then he cut between two arteries and he introduces a nucleus into the fish, after thirty-six month, there are a peal. The price of pearl is expensive ! Do you have a lot of harbor in Dunedin ? I hope to learn more about the subject. Bye ! Loïc Bonjour Loic!!! Comment ca va? Oui il y a beaucoup de genes en Nouvelle Zealande qui aime aller a la peche! Et oui, je sais Oban, je suis allee au Stewart island quand j'etais jeune. Par Stef :)

Hello everybody !

It's Lucas, we saw a video in the class about lobster fishing in New-Zeland. The video was in french and it's a program called "Thalassa", it's a tv program about sea life it's very famous in France. It's used to be boring but some documentary are very interesting.

In the beginning of the report we saw 2 lobster fisherman who explain that they spend a lot of time in the boat and they talk about their lifes. After the lobsters have been fish, an helicopter arrive ti bring them in a factory (the lobsters are still alive in the helicopter). The lobsters have to be size 54 mm minimum. These seafood are export principaly in China and Japan. The fishermans must be carrefull not fish too much or it will be a shortage.

And what about you ? Did you like lobsters ? Is there lobsters near Dunedin ? I hoper that we are going to have news from you soon. See you //Lucas//

Hello everyone, Guess what !!! one week ago we saw a pretty awesome documentary during the English class and I definitely want to tell you about it. Hopefully I'll give you the envy to watch it. I've learnt a loooot about fishing of bolsters in New-Zealand, more exactly in a little town called Te Anau about 280 kilometers from Dunedin. The people are very well organized for the bolsters fishing. They actually fish the bolsters in a fjord and after they deliver it alive in another factory within the 48 hours by helicopter and then exported to some Asian cities. Japan was the first exportator of bolsters during many years but now it has changed and New-Zealand is the first exportator in the world. Have you ever heard about this fishing activity ? Have you ever been to some New-Zealand's fjords ? Have you got any relative who is into the fishing business ?

Bye, see you soon. Harold

Hi Girls ! How are you? As my friends have already say, we saw a documentary about 2 lobster fishers, fishing in the west coast of N-Z, a place called Fiordland. It was very interesting and we know now how it works. Do you know how they fish? Probably yes because it's happening in your country :) So they were two on a boat, and everyday they captured lobsters, then an helicopter came to bring them in their warehouse, located in Te Anau. Next step. The lobsters are send in Asia, more precisely in Japan and China. Japanese and chinese love eating lobsters... There's a thing which chocked me, the lobsters are send alive to Japan and China... It's a little bit cruel, don't you think ? :D So, have you ever been there ? Does it interested you ? Bye bye, Juliette :)

Hello, New Zealand people.

How are you ? I saw a video last week in english class. That video talk about a part of New Zealand where the lobster's fishing is very popular. Do you know that ? Have you a friends or a parents who does this job ?

The video talked about 2 man, 1 fisher man and 1 skipper. Who stayed one week in a fishing boat, for fishing lobster near the fjord in the sea. After they stoked the lobster in a cage in the water for stayed them alive and didn't damag it. And lass than 48 hours, a helicopter came through the mountain and took the lobster. He brings them in a small village where they inspect the lobster, check if the lobster have all legs and if don't have any undented costlive. And finally they send them in a foctoy for prepare to export the lobsters all over the word.

Thanks to paied attention for me and goodbye Jeremy

Bonjour toute les monde.. Le video que vous avez vu semble interressant! Nous avons visite Fiordland et nous pensons que c'etait tres tranquille! Olivia and Adelaide!