MINISTER PROVIDES FOR THE CO-MANAGEMENT OF THE NEW ZEALAND HOKI FISHERY 7 October 2022 During 2022-23, owners of hoki quota have again agreed that the industry will continue to take a conservative approach to the management of this fishery. In his most recent decision letter, the Minister agreed with this…
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- Are Ministers ignoring advice that may save Maui dolphins?
- DWG responds to Sealord’s proposal to set aside 89% of seamounts for conservation
- New Zealand fisheries highly sustainable
- Sealord skipper and crew win national award for seabird protection
- Seabird awards recognise fishers for camera leadership
- DWG 2020-21 Annual Report
- Worldwide study on impacts of bottom trawling on health of seabeds
- In a world of black and white, it’s about balance
- Retraction of flawed MPA study implicates larger problems in MPA science
- Ray Hilborn on the Global Fishing Index 2021 report
- Hoki and genomics technology
- Partnering with CSIRO for orange roughy research
- Orange Roughy Certification
- Hoki quota owners continue to take conservative approach to fisheries management
- Seafood insights: Q&A with George Clement
- Environment Select Committee Submission on Seamounts & Bottom Trawling
- New Zealand fishers call for fact-based decisions on trawling
- World Albatross Day – Albert Times special edition
- Ray Hilborn: MPA’s not the answer to ocean biodiversity, sustainability efforts
- Trawling for the truth about fishing
- Fish stocks confirmed to be in good shape
- NZ’s deepwater fisheries – a success story
- Jeremy Helson: In defence of New Zealand fisheries
- Our response to Seaspiracy
- The future of commercial fishing in Aotearoa New Zealand
- From fishery science to fake news: how misinformation about the ocean evolves
- NZ’s First Sustainable Seafood Week
- October round of fisheries decisions
- Seafood industry celebrated at Seafood Sustainability Awards
- Kiwi seafood companies collaborate to help iwi
- Fishing and the environment – it shouldn’t be an either/or
- Fisheries management is actually working, global analysis shows
- 2019 Posts:
- Changes to Sea lion protections in Auckland Islands
- Seafood industry welcomes NZ-China FTA upgrade
- Seafood Industry Welcomes Our Marine Environment Report
- Commercial fisher recognised for seabird smart invention
- Orange roughy stocks continue recovery
- Seafood Directions Conference – presentation
- Fisheries decisions ensure sustainability
- Rare Red Squid
- Sustainable seafood shines in eBook
- Seafood sustainability improves and meets international standards
- 2018 Posts:
- BPAs and MPAs – Is There a Difference?
- OpenSeas answers your questions simply
- MSC validates New Zealand seafood sustainability
- Fisheries New Zealand sustainability round 2018
- Skipper of the month – Jake McFedries
- Revolutionising ocean forecasting – the Moana Project
- New Zealand hoki quota owners proactively choosing to reduce catch
- Increased catches from deepwater fisheries supported by science
- Sustainability of NZ fisheries independently verified
- The Squid Fishery and New Zealand Sea Lions
- Report on sea-trials of Long Range Acoustic Devices (LRAD) to deter seabirds from risk of trawl net capture
- Skipper of the month – Elle Kibblewhite
- Keeping our coastlines clean
- Proposed TACC Changes for 1 October 2018
- Skipper of the Month – Stephan Fridell
- Participating in reducing plastic pollution
- Feds Conference Highlights Sound Environmental Progress
- Choice matters: The environmental costs of producing meat, seafood
- Leaked Risk Profile Reports Show MPI is Effectively Monitoring Fisheries Compliance
- The definitive word on the leaked fisheries reports from MPI
- Fisheries New Zealand launched
- Ocean Bounty season two underway
- Majority of New Zealand’s wild-caught seafood MSC certified as sustainable
- OpenSeas playbook launched
- Southern blue whiting TACC gets big bump
- DWG collaborates with DOC to conserve sea lions
- Fishermen endorse Industry Code of Conduct
- New technology deployed to prevent sea lion pup deaths
- Sage wants NZ sea lion decline reversed
- MSC making changes
- Environmental organisations unsure how science works
- Seafood industry welcomes considered approach to cameras on vessels
- Fishing industry dismisses claim fishery should not be certified sustainable
- 2017 Posts below:
- Japan and NZ collaborate on seabirds
- Changes needed to recreational fisheries management – report
- New dedicated fisheries entity announced
- A decade delivering sustainability
- Public perception of fisheries management at odds with international reputation – TNC
- Research project to save sea lion pups
- IEMRS being slowed down
- Commercial fishermen support getting digital monitoring right
- Comment | Scientists challenge sea lion research
- Large-scale changes bring opportunity for further collaboration
- Seabird experts flock to Wellington
- Fish stocks on the rise
- Another orange roughy success story
- Update on Integrated Electronic Monitoring and Reporting System
- Seabird Smart Award winners announced
- Squid fishermen support management to minimise Sea Lion interactions
- Orange roughy biomass surveys completed
- Seafood assurance programme launched
- Collaborative conservation a success at seafood conference
- Commercial fishing industry worth more than $4 billion to NZ economy – BERL
- One-stop source for New Zealand seafood information launched
- Seafood exports set to top $2 billion
- Smart management to pay off for fishers
- Deepwater Group welcomes New Zealand Sea Lion Threat Management Plan
- More breeding albatrosses at remote Snares Islands
- Hoki stocks highest this century
- More breeding albatrosses at remote Snares Islands
- Seafood industry welcomes funding for endangered sea lions
- “Roughy on the Rise” book launch speeches 11 April 2017
- International fisheries scientists meet in Nelson to share world-leading ideas
- Seafood industry funds conservation expedition to Snares Islands
- Sustainable New Zealand Seafood Promoted
- Deepwater Group welcomes Kermadec research
- 2016 Posts below:
- Orange roughy fisheries certified as sustainable
- NGO declares: ‘the MSC officially became a sham’
- The Story of New Zealand Orange Roughy
- New Zealand Orange Roughy Gets Top International Sustainability Tick
- Sanford’s Move From Volume to Value Helps Boost Profit 152%
- The Seafood Industry Supports Huge Antarctic Marine Reserve
- The Seafood Industry Improves Its Environmental Performance
- Marine biodiversity needs more than protection
- Attacks on the seafood industry lack scientific credibility
- Rigorous scientific assessment of orange roughy fisheries in final stage
- 2015 Posts below:
- Revolutionary new trawling method improves quality of catch
- Seizing the global opportunities for New Zealand seafood
- Min Guy’s speech to the Seafood New Zealand 2015 Conference
- Government to review fisheries management
- New Zealand fish stocks performing well
- New Zealand steps up support for international shark conservation
- Scientists probe complex causes of NZ sea lion decline
- Talley’s trawler to assess orange roughy stocks
- Seafood industry supports efforts to save Auckland Islands’ sea lions
- New Zealand Oreo Fisheries Withdrawn from MSC Assessment
- New Zealand Squid Fisheries Withdrawn from MSC Assessment
- Ray Hilborn Asks If the Drive for MPA’s is Environmentally Shortsighted
- MSC sustainable seafood
- The New Zealand Seafood Industry has lost a titan
- Sustainability is a ‘must-have,’ says MSC
- One in four British children think haddock is a soccer player
- ‘Precision fishing’ trial confirmed to help the tiddlers
- Why fish is nature’s antidepressant
- Testing the Waters
- UPDATE ON MSC CERTIFICATION OF NZ ORANGE ROUGHY
- NZ orange roughy exports accelerate as fish stocks recover
- CHATHAM ROCK MINING DECISION A WIN FOR THE ENVIRONMENT SAYS SEAFOOD INDUSTRY
- EPA refuses marine consent application by Chatham Rock Phosphate Ltd
- NZ orange roughy fishery seeks 3rd party sustainability certification
- New Zealand’s fish stocks in healthy state heading into 2015
- 2014 Posts below: