Fisheries management is actually working, global analysis shows Nearly half of the fish caught worldwide are from stocks that are scientifically monitored and, on average, are increasing in abundance. Effective management appears to be the main reason these stocks are at sustainable levels or successfully rebuilding. That is the main…

Changes to Sea lion protections in Auckland Islands Friday 22 November 2019Press Release: Fisheries New Zealand Fishing rule changes to reduce threats to sea lions in the subantarctic Auckland Islands squid fishery have been decided. New Zealand sea lions are a national taonga. They were hunted to near extinction in…

Trade Minister David Parker’s announcement of a successful upgrade of the NZ-China Free Trade Agreement (FTA) has been welcomed by the seafood industry. Seafood New Zealand chief executive, Tim Pankhurst, said China was an important market for New Zealand seafood. “While the volume of seafood going out of New Zealand…

Seafood Industry Welcomes Our Marine Environment Report Commercial fisheries' impact on the marine environment is reducing. That is according to the Our Marine Environment 2019 report, jointly prepared by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ, released in Wellington today. Seafood NZ chief executive Tim Pankhurst welcomed the report,…

The winner of this year’s Seabird Smart Awards began his quest to invent a fishing technique that keeps seabirds safe from fishing hooks over twenty years ago. Dave Kellian, a fisher based out of Leigh, spent many hours in his shed building a prototype device to release baited hooks ten…