Industry News | Seafood New Zealand

New Zealand leading the world to eliminate fishing subsidies.

Two years after coming into force, New Zealand has opened consultation on future membership of the free trade agreement called the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The CPTPP is a high-quality free...

Friday 16 April 2021

Time for some agility around changes to daily bag limits

If the number of applications for rahui being processed since the end of lockdown are anything to go by, the number of recreational fishers harvesting kaimoana is at an all-time high.

Friday 9 April 2021

Still fit for purpose - the future-focused Fishing Act of 1996

The Prime Minister’s Chief Science Advisor, Dame Juliet Gerrard, this week completed a substantial report on commercial fishing.

Friday 26 March 2021

Seafood industry welcomes report from PM's chief science advisor

Seafood New Zealand chief executive Dr Jeremy Helson has welcomed a report into New Zealand’s fisheries management.

Monday 22 March 2021

The truth about bottom trawling

The Minister for Oceans and Fisheries, David Parker, when questioned in the House last week on bottom trawling was measured in his response.

Friday 19 March 2021

The question you should be asking about your fish and chips

Cuisine magazine has devoted most of its March edition to a celebration of New Zealand seafood, and they have done an outstanding job.

Friday 12 March 2021

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