Industry News | Seafood New Zealand

Seafood industry a powerhouse for communities

The fishing sector is an economic powerhouse, a new Government report has confirmed.

Friday 18 October 2019

Seafood industry welcomes Our Marine Environment report

Commercial fisheries' impact on the marine environment is reducing.

Thursday 17 October 2019

FishServe welcome Kerry Prendergast to the Board

Dame Kerry Prendergast is to join the Board of FishServe, a privately-owned company that provides administrative support to the commercial fishing industry.

Tuesday 15 October 2019

Bold but ambiguous plans for aquaculture

The Government’s aquaculture strategy has the bold aim of a five-fold increase in annual sales from $600 million to $3 billion.

Friday 11 October 2019

Orange roughy stocks continue recovery

The recovery of orange roughy stocks is gathering pace.

Friday 4 October 2019

Seafood key to feeding the world

Fisheries have an increasingly important role to play in feeding the world’s rapidly burgeoning population, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Friday 27 September 2019

How fish can change the world

There was a surprising, if welcome revelation at the Aquaculture New Zealand conference in Marlborough yesterday – apparently policy makers should leave food production out of the global race to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Friday 20 September 2019

New Zealand's primary production sector fights back

Last month, the New Zealand Herald published a Rangitikei farmer’s open letter to Jacinda Ardern.

Friday 13 September 2019

The unexpected consequences of doing the right thing

While captures of seabirds have decreased with improved offal and waste control practises aboard the deepwater fleet they appear to have increased seabird captures in trawl nets.

Friday 6 September 2019