Industry News | Seafood New Zealand

Hit and miss report on the Quota Management System

The Quota Management System (QMS) is a success in some areas, a miserable failure in others.

Friday 13 April 2018

Maori looking to flex their seafood muscles

Maori leaders are calling for greater collaboration to protect hard won resources and build dominance in the fishing sector.

Friday 6 April 2018

Nash warns of ecosystem-based management system by 2020

An ecosystem-based management (EBM) approach will be introduced to fisheries by 2020, according to Fisheries Minister Stuart Nash.

Thursday 29 March 2018

Conservative decision for CRA 2 fishery

After very carefully considering the latest scientific assessment released in November 2017, the CRA 2 rock lobster industry proposed that the Total Allowable Commercial Catch (TACC) should be reduced from 200 tonnes to 100...

Tuesday 27 March 2018

Industry advocates for early review of Hector's dolphin protection plan

The capture of five Hector’s dolphins in a set net off Banks Peninsula prompted the industry to seek early review of the threat management plan.

Friday 23 March 2018

Co-operation not condemnation key to conservation success

A new approach to conservation in Aotearoa is being spearheaded by the American-based The Nature Conservancy (TNC).

Tuesday 20 March 2018

Bluff oysters in hot demand as season kicks off

An Auckland restaurateur wanted 200 dozen Bluff oysters direct from processor Barnes Oysters in Invercargill.

Thursday 15 March 2018

The perils of perception

This week, the Ministry for Primary Industries released a report on New Zealanders’ views of the primary sector.

Friday 2 March 2018

New technology deployed to prevent sea lion pup deaths

Scientists from the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Deepwater Group (DWG) say GPS technology and remote cameras are helping them better understand how to prevent sea lion pups from dying on the sub-Antarctic islands.

Friday 23 February 2018