Press release from New Zealand Government Hon Stuart Nash, Minister of Fisheries. Friday 27 September 2019
Commercial catch limits for tarakihi will be reduced by a further 10 per cent as part of a package of measures to ensure sustainability of a number of fish stocks around the country.
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Daryl Crimp Cartoon: Hoki Skins for Wrinkle Cream
... Report on sea-trials of Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) to deter seabirds from risk of trawl net capture
Report on sea-trials of Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) to deter seabirds from risk of trawl net capture
J Cleal and R Wells - 22 August 2018
Background
Between 2000 and 2005 there was growing awareness and understanding of interactions between seabirds and deepwater trawlers (e.g. greater than 28m in length)...Road Show rolls to a close, for this year…
Road Show rolls to a close, for this year…
Fifteen ports later, the Code of Conduct road show has rolled to a close.
Seafood New Zealand’s Tim Pankhurst and Lesley Hamilton along with Fisheries Inshore New Zealand’s Jeremy Helson have presented to fishermen and women at Nelson, Greymouth, New Plymouth,... MSC Response to New Zealand Fisheries Article
From Ecologist, dated 24 March 2017.
"In its Right of Reply to our recent article questioning the sustainability of New Zealand fishing practices, the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) explains its certification is based on current and not historical practices....."
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Rigorous scientific assessment of orange roughy fisheries in final stage
Orange roughy seen from AOS: Being able to see in real time 1,000 m below the surface, scientist can now assess the number of orange roughy with greater certainty.
Deepwater Group welcomes the announcement that New Zealand’s key orange roughy fisheries have now entered the final stage... Commercial limits for southern blue whiting, Otago rock lobster changing
Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy has announced changes to commercial fishing limits in two areas as part of the annual fisheries sustainability review.
“From 1 April 2015 the total allowable catch for the southern blue whiting stock at the Bounty Platform will be decreased to ensure its ongoing sustainability, while the commercial limit for Otago...
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The Editor’s View – The MSC And The Limits Of Certification: When Science Is Not Enough
As we wrote last week, Greenpeace is attacking the pollock fishery in the Bering Sea as being destructive to habitat, when there is no scientific evidence to support this. They are doing this as part of their retail seafood campaign, where they are trying to pressure supermarkets into not selling 19 fish species they...
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NZ Seafood Story
http://vimeo.com/newzealandstory/seafoodsector
Telling the New Zealand seafood story to our overseas markets has just got a whole lot easier with this video developed by the government agency New Zealand Story with the support of Seafood New Zealand.
The video is part of a free resource that includes professional quality images, videos and templates for companies to use to...
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