Industry News | Seafood New Zealand

Foreign worker crisis needs a private and collaborative solution

Fishers, farmers, growers and the construction industry are in a worker crisis.

Friday 14 August 2020

Allan "Smiley" Mackay

Nicknames are often ironic. Thus, big men are Tiny and ginger-haired are Bluey. In the case of Allan “Smiley” Mackay the epithet could not be more appropriate.

Thursday 13 August 2020

Godfrey Wilson shipbroker

Two and three decades ago, Godfrey Wilson consistently had 250 fishing vessels for sale. Now there are just 10 on the books of his company, Maritime International, TIM PANKHURST reports.

Friday 7 August 2020

Let's talk about mental health

They’re taking mental health seriously in the Australian fishing industry and in New Zealand there is political will, and money, to address the same urgent issues.

Friday 7 August 2020

Seafood industry celebrated at the Seafood Sustainability Awards

The big winner at last night’s Seafood Sustainability Awards was a man who has spent almost 20 years working to protect seabirds and marine mammals in the commercial fishing industry.

Tuesday 4 August 2020

A goodbye to Peter Stevens - a guest column by his mate, Daryl Sykes

At a time when the QMS seems to be under increasing scrutiny by ill-informed critics there is perhaps a certain irony that one of the most fervent champions of fishing reforms in the 1970s and 1980s has passed away in his...

Friday 31 July 2020

Focus on primary industry job growth welcomed by seafood industry

The launch today of the Ministry for Primary Industries’ (MPI) new website on jobs is welcomed by the seafood industry.

Monday 27 July 2020

Bad behaviour brings us all down

It’s been a long ten days of scandal in political circles and it has drawn well-deserved public condemnation.

Friday 24 July 2020

The bright blue future - strangled in red tape

In the world of New Zealand seafood, aquaculture, it must be said, has always been the teacher’s favourite. Mostly well behaved and destined for a bright and limitless future. The one kid who is guaranteed to keep you well in...

Friday 17 July 2020