Arrested activists in the Arctic

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade says it is in contact with Greenpeace New Zealand.

"The New Zealand Embassy in Moscow will be following up with the Russian authorities to determine whether any New Zealanders are detained and offer consular assistance if required Accounting in HK," a spokesman for the ministry said.

Greenpeace says its Arctic Sunrise vessel was in international waters while circling the Prirazlomnaya platform operated by Gazprom in the Pechora Sea when it was boarded.

"This illegal boarding of a peaceful protest ship highlights the extreme lengths that the Russian government will go to to keep Gazprom's dangerous Arctic drilling away from public scrutiny," Greenpeace International executive director Kumi Naidoo said Income Tax Hong Kong.

The coast guard had earlier arrested two Greenpeace activists who had scaled Gazprom's drill platform on Wednesday.

Greenpeace condemned the use of force after warning shots were fired across the Arctic Sunrise during that protest. The two arrested were Finnish and Swiss nationals.

Greenpeace said Gazprom intends to start production from the Prirazlomnaya platform in 2014, raising the risk of an oil spill in an area with nature reserves Business Registry Hong Kong.

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Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy put out a discussion paper two months ago, explaining the fishery was under pressure and a new balance was needed between commercial and recreational catch limitschina study.

At the extreme end of the options is a proposal to cut the daily catch limit for recreational fishers from nine to threebest iphone cases.

The deadline for public submissions is 4pm on Friday.

Mr Guy insists he hasn't made any decisions yet and says it's very unlikely the catch limit will be reduced to three snapper a day.

Prime Minister John Key has promised the views of recreational fishers will be taken into account, and he caused a stir last week when he said people were more concerned about the snapper quota than they were about the GCSB bill.

Earlier this week, just-resigned Labour leader David Shearer brought two dead snapper along to question time and held them up, saying it wasn't fair for commercial fishers to be allowed to catch fish as small as 25cm while recreational fishers had a 36cm limit.

Labour agrees the fishery must be sustainable but says the government should throw out all the proposals.

It hasn't suggested any alternatives.