The Environment Aotearoa Report 2019, released today by the Ministry for the Environment and StatsNZ, shows the environmental performance of New Zealand’s seafood industry has improved markedly. Recognition of this is welcomed by the Deepwater Group, representing the deepwater seafood sector including quota owners harvesting hoki, hake, ling, southern blue…

BPAs and MPAs – Is There a Difference? New Zealand’s Benthic Protection Areas (BPAs) are internationally-recognised as a type of Marine Protected Area (MPA).  The IUCN recognises seven categories of MPAs and BPAs meet Category VI. Pew and WWF-NZ have asked the Government to ignore the existence of BPAs as…

OpenSeas answers your questions simply OpenSeas continues to attract more and more users each month as the single source of reliable information on New Zealand’s key commercial fish species. At the end of its first year, the site continues to generate over 85 percent new visitors each month, with 60…

Deepwater Group's letter to New Zealand Marine Sciences Society (NZMSS) on why New Zealand's Benthic Protection Areas are internationally-recognised as Marine Protected Areas: "Dear Nick, We write in response to the email you distributed this week to the NZMSS members on behalf of WWF-NZ. We ask that NZMSS provides the…

MSC validates New Zealand seafood sustainability With seventeen New Zealand fisheries recertified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) in September, some 50 percent of New Zealand’s wild marine catch now holds this gold standard of sustainability. Only 12 percent of the world’s wild-caught seafood has MSC certification and…