Two years after being received, a paper questioning claims that trawling generates more carbon than air travel has finally been published in the same scientific journal. The original paper, by Sala et al, created global headlines, largely generated by the accompanying media release. The paper was first published in Nature…

A study showing the number of seabirds captured in the New Zealand deepwater fishery has decreased markedly in the last decade was presented to an international forum on May 15. Experts from around the world are meeting in Edinburgh to discuss the latest developments in reducing accidental seabird captures in…

SNZ’s Aaron Irving is urging FNZ to proceed with its proposal to reduce the barriers to fishing innovation designed to strengthen environmental performance. Mr Irving is commenting on the draft Fisheries Industry Transformation Plan, released on 27 April, and the proposed action to ‘Review regulatory settings and operations to identify…

Eating wild-caught fish is better for the environment and biodiversity than consuming meat or even crops, argues RAY HILBORN.

Eating wild-caught fish is better for the environment and biodiversity than consuming meat or crops says leading international marine scientist Professor Ray Hilborn. Fish is the perfect protein; he told the Symposium on Seafood Production in Wellington on 16 February.