Industry News | Seafood New Zealand

Black petrel captures reported

A small family fishing company has self-reported the capture of 18 endangered black petrels and two flesh-footed shearwaters over a six-day period in the past week.

Friday 5 March 2021

Bringing the next generation into the seafood industry

Education is on the minds of industry, the government, and multiple agencies right now and being fuelled by the changing COVID-19 environment.

Friday 5 March 2021

From fishery science to fake news: how misinformation about the ocean evolves

This week’s Update is republished with permission from the Sustainable Fisheries website from the University of Washington in Seattle, USA. Author, Max Mossler, is an important voice in addressing reportage of fisheries...

Friday 26 February 2021

Marketing perceptions of New Zealand in a COVID-world

New Zealand Story has just released a comprehensive report on how the COVID-19 pandemic has shifted perceptions of New Zealand amongst our key trading markets.

Friday 19 February 2021

The looming crisis of international airfreight

The clock is ticking on a lifeline for the seafood industry in a COVID-19 world.

Friday 12 February 2021

The recreational catch - blunt views from a master fisher

A shared fishery can create tensions, but marine experts Scott and Sue Tindale say there are many improvements that can be made towards a healthy marine environment and a thriving fishery – and much of that is in the recreational...

Monday 8 February 2021

Getting locals into the seafood industry - the promise, the plan, and the progress

In the midst of last year’s COVID-19 pandemic, the government threw the seafood industry a lifeline by allowing hundreds of foreign workers – mostly Ukrainian and Russian – an exemption to fly into New Zealand to crew the massive...

Friday 5 February 2021

The importance of fisheries management

A major paper on fisheries management has just been released by researchers at the University of Washington.

Friday 29 January 2021

EAFM and the Fisheries Act 1996

This report identifies commonly-accepted principles of an Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management (EAFM) in international literature, and assesses the extent to which the Fisheries Act 1996 requires or enables New Zealand’s...

Monday 18 January 2021