George Clement is without a doubt an icon within the New Zealand seafood industry. His accomplishments are countless. None more famous than placing New Zealand on the world map as one of the best-managed deepwater fisheries in the world. But there are a few lesser-known yet equally interesting facts about…
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Environment Select Committee Submission on Seamounts & Bottom Trawling
Please find all references from Deepwater Group's Submission to the Environment Select Committee here in response to the Petition Report by Deep Sea Conservation Coalition and its member groups (Save deep sea corals – ban bottom trawling on seamounts) .
Read MoreNew Zealand fishers call for fact-based decisions on trawling
New Zealand fishers call for fact-based decisions on trawling New Zealand deepwater fishing representatives say a petition by eNGOs delivered to Parliament’s environment select committee today calling for a ban on trawling seamounts is misinformed. Deepwater Group CEO George Clement says: “It’s frustrating hearing certain groups espousing mis-truths about bottom…
Read MoreWorld Albatross Day – Albert Times special edition
Albert Times - special edition In celebration of World Albatross Day on Saturday 19 June, we have dusted off the Albert Times and published this special edition.To read the full edition, and to go in the draw TO WIN a $200 seafood voucher (as well as a coveted Albert Ross cap and a…
Read MoreRay Hilborn: MPA’s not the answer to ocean biodiversity, sustainability efforts
Republished from SeafoodSource.com. A global movement to create additional marine protected areas (MPAs) has been steadily gaining traction in recent years, with the initiative picking up milestone victories in the past few months. In January, newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order committing to a “30 by…
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- 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:
- NEW ZEALAND SEAFOOD – THE KIWI CHRISTMAS CLASSIC
- Closure of hearing on Chatham Rock Phosphate application
- Primary industry export forecasts revised
- Free Trade Agreement with Korea disappointing for New Zealand seafood
- Global Call for More Ocean Protection Sees NZ Lead by Example
- Seafood Important for Growing Minds and Bodies
- SEAFOOD INDUSTRY WELCOMES COLLABORATIVE ACTION FOR BLACK PETREL
- Fishing Innovation Recognised
- Nathan Guy Welcomed Back by Seafood Industry
- NZ hake and ling receives sustainable seafood tick from MSC
- Taking hoki up a notch
- New Zealand’s Hake and Ling Join Top 8% of World’s Sustainable Fisheries
- EPA negative on miner’s application
- Fishing groups reject phosphate mining
- Shark finning to be banned from 1 October
- Increases for fish stocks show success of QMS
- Quota increases recognise sustainable species
- Deepwater Group sUPPORTS CHANGES TO CATCH LIMITS
- Our Seafood the Best in the World
- Toothfish Ordered by Tim Groser was Sustainable