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This paper reports on a fishing impact recovery comparison based on four towed camera surveys over a 15-year period (2001–2015) on a group of small seamounts on the Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand, on which pre-disturbance benthic communities are dominated by thicket-forming scleractinian corals. February 2019.
Open Link >Precision Seafood Harvesting (PSH) is a PGP programme that seeks to develop a new wildfish harvesting technology that will result in more precise catches, allowing fish to be landed fresher, in better condition, and of higher value.
Open Link >Paper published by the Fisheries Research journal – Estimating marine recreational fishing’s contributions in New Zealand. Paper outlines the need for reliable economic insights into the contribution that recreational fishing makes to the New Zealand economy. These data can contribute to management decisions and conservation of marine resources. Paper by R. Southwick et al.
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Sanford Limited’s Annual Report for 2017. Issued on 15 November 2017.
Download > (pdf, 7.41 MB)Plenary document outlining known facts and catch statistics for hāpuku and bass fish stocks in New Zealand. Fisheries New Zealand. May 2020
Download > (pdf, 497.61 KB)Marine Policy Paper. Bycatch is defined as catch that is either unused or unmanaged. Globally, bycatch represents 40.4% of all marine catch. NZ’s bycatch is estimated to be around 24.6% of all marine catch per year. Davies et al.
Download > (pdf, 240.45 KB)Sanford Ltd and Moana New Zealand joint commitment to the Māui dolphin protection plan. Both companies commit to ensuring their fishing methods are dolphin-safe by December 2022. They also commit to providing the Ministry for Primary Industries with 100% access to all footage from on-board cameras for their review. 12 December 2016
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The Māori Fisheries Act was enacted to make better provision for the recognition of Māori commercial fishing rights as agreed in the Deed of Settlement and as outlined in the Treaty of Waitangi (Fisheries Claims) Settlement Act 1992.
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Research paper. Ann-Marie Jackson documents and explores the erosion of Māori fishing rights over the years and how many aspects of the Quota Management System are in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi. 2013.
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Te Papa project. Summary of the evolution of Maori fishing rights, from the late 1800s to the present day. This fisheries summary is part of the broader Treaty2U project discussing the Treaty of Waitangi, various claims made against the Crown, and Te reo Māori. Te Papa Museum. 2010.
Open Link >This paper reports on a fishing impact recovery comparison based on four towed camera surveys over a 15-year period (2001–2015) on a group of small seamounts on the Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand, on which pre-disturbance benthic communities are dominated by thicket-forming scleractinian corals. February 2019.
Open Link >Precision Seafood Harvesting (PSH) is a PGP programme that seeks to develop a new wildfish harvesting technology that will result in more precise catches, allowing fish to be landed fresher, in better condition, and of higher value.
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Moyle’s Promise. A message from the Minister of Fisheries, Colin Moyle. In this letter the Minister states that when a species of fish cannot sustain both commercial and non-commercial fishing, preference will be given to non-commercial fishing. Non-commercial fishing includes Måori customary and recreational interests. June 1989
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This report summarises the results of a survey of 1,000 Maori aged 18+ on current and possible fisheries management policies. Report June 2019. The results indicate that an overwhelming majority of Maori think New Zealand’s fisheries need to be reformed. As the survey contained policy ideas, results are also reported by party vote.
Download > (pdf, 951.29 KB)National Panel Survey of marine recreational fishers, 2017-18. Results of the Large-Scale Multi-species survey of recreational harvest between 1 October 2017 and 30 September 2018. Fisheries Assessment Report issued by Fisheries New Zealand. July 2019.
Download > (pdf, 5.21 MB)A heat map showing the trawl footprint around New Zealand for the years 2007/08 to 2011/12. Five years of data. Per square kilometre. Source: Ministry for Primary Industries.
Download > (pdf, 305.58 KB)This paper reports on a fishing impact recovery comparison based on four towed camera surveys over a 15-year period (2001–2015) on a group of small seamounts on the Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand, on which pre-disturbance benthic communities are dominated by thicket-forming scleractinian corals. February 2019.
Open Link >Precision Seafood Harvesting (PSH) is a PGP programme that seeks to develop a new wildfish harvesting technology that will result in more precise catches, allowing fish to be landed fresher, in better condition, and of higher value.
Open Link >Canadian Federal Fisheries Minister confirms that fleet separation will continue to apply, to protect small-time fishing enterprises. Article in the Canadian Press. 21 September 2012.
Open Link >A simple explanation of how commercial halibut fishermen in Canada have been rorted by quota owners, how the fishermen have been impoverished by high lease costs for quota, and why young people and coastal communities have borne the brunt of quota aggregation by investors. Article by Evelyn Pinkerton et all. 11 January 2016.
Download > (pdf, 262.60 KB)This paper reports on a fishing impact recovery comparison based on four towed camera surveys over a 15-year period (2001–2015) on a group of small seamounts on the Chatham Rise, east of New Zealand, on which pre-disturbance benthic communities are dominated by thicket-forming scleractinian corals. February 2019.
Open Link >Disturbance of the marine benthic habitat by commercial fishing: Impacts at the scale of the fishery. This study from the Hauraki Gulf was the first in the world to show changes in seafloor biodiversity at the scale of the fishery.
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