For those of you following the #FishOfTheYear election:
The winner is the Northland Mudfish.
#TeamOrangeRoughy congratulates this tiny, cute and vulnerable freshwater fish on their win. We are disappointed victory eluded us once again, but for a fish that lives over 200 years, waiting to next year to have a go again is OK.
The Northland mudfish has completed a remarkable victory in Fish of the Year 2026, having first taken the lead with less than 24 hours left to run. It takes the crown from the blobfish, whose viral 2025 victory took the competition to an international audience.The mudfish prevailed despite vigorous campaigning from its competitors, with scales flying in schools, dive shops, and on airwaves and social media across the country. All up, 5896 New Zealanders cast their vote, a new record, with confir
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Last few days to vote for the centurian #FishOfTheYear, the Orange Roughy!
Don't miss out! Closes on March 15th
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-year
#OrangeRoughy #FOTY #oceans #Fisheries #teamOrangeRoughy #banbottomTrawling
O-fish-al statement from the Orange Roughy team in response to Jono Ridler's candidacy for Fish of the Year.
Vote for Orange Roughy (a true fish for the centuries) before voting closes on March 15th.
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-year
#FishOfTheYear #FoTY #OrangeRoughy #TeamOrangeRoughy #BanBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #oceans #Fisheries #fish
Controversy erupts in the Fish of the Year election! π¨
Jono Ridler (the swimmer breaking a record by swimming the length of the North island to raise awareness against bottom trawling) has been entered as a candidate for FOTY 2026.
You get 3 votes. Give one to Orange Roughy, please, and then maybe another to Jono.... if you think he makes a good fish.
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-year
#FishOfTheYear #FoTY #OrangeRoughy #TeamOrangeRoughy #BanBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #oceans #Fisheries
Orange roughy is on a mission to reproduce and recover their population, but it is not true that there's always plenty of fish in the sea, especially when bottom trawling has decimated your species
So they're now giving online dating a go, hoping to find mates.
Vote for Orange Roughy for Fish of the Year 2026, and help them find love and spawn.
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-year
#fishOfTheYear #FOTY #OrangeRoughy #teamOrangeRoughy #BanBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #oceans #fisheries
ππ½Respect Your Elders.
Orange Roughy:
β Lives 200 years
β Survives crushing pressure
β Has outlived entire human generations
Vote for the 200-Year-Old Underdog
𧑠Vote Orange Roughy for Fish of the Year π Voting closes Sunday March 15.
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-year
#OrangeRoughy #teamOrangeRoughy #fishOfTheYear #FOTY #banBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #oceans #fisheries
"I've lived in the deep sea for over 200 years.
Bottom trawling is destroying my coral garden home πͺΈ.
Most of my friends are gone π’
My numbers are dwindling, and I cannot recover fast enough."
Poor Orange Roughy!
Your vote can help it be seen.
𧑠Vote Orange Roughy for Fish of the Year. π Voting closes Sunday March 15.
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-year
#OrangeRoughy #teamOrangeRoughy #FOTY #FishOfTheYear #oceans #BanBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean
The news are terrible.
Look at the fish and choose your favourite instead.
(It's the #OrangeRoughy, vote for the loveable ugly Orange Roughy)
Here is your #OrangeRoughy fun fact of the day! 𧑠π
Orange Roughy is how most of us know them today. But they have had many names over the years!
Their scientific name is Hoplostethus atlanticus, and their common name used to be "slimehead" but that was abandoned as it was commercially unappealing. They have also been called "Red Roughy" and "Deep sea perch".
Some fishers also call them "Napoleons" because of their long lives, referencing the fact that some of them have been alive since Napoleon's time!
Whatever name you want to call them, please vote today for these fascinating fishies of the deep to raise awareness about the issue of bottom trawling!
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-year
#FOTY #FishofTheYear #TeamOrangeRoughy #banBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #oceans #fisheries
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