Captain's Blog | Seafood NZ

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

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

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

Farmers, fishers and growers - how the primary sector will save New Zealand's bacon

On Tuesday this week, the Prime Minister announced a multi-agency, multi-million-dollar plan to dig New Zealand out of a very deep, post-COVID economic hole.

Friday 10 July 2020

Hard questions needed on dolphin redress

The Ministry for Primary Industries is beginning to reveal the extent of the ex-gratia payments to be made to fishers and licensed fish receivers affected by the decisions around the Hector’s and Maui Dolphin Threat Management...

Friday 3 July 2020

The dolphin decision - a cost/benefit analysis

It’s landed, and the fallout is just beginning.

Friday 26 June 2020

Good fisheries management - the only solution to overfishing globally - FAO

The 2020 State of the World’s Fisheries and Aquaculture report (SOFIA) has landed from the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).

Friday 19 June 2020

Building a plane out of bananas, and other dumb ideas

LegaSea’s Rescue Fish plan, released two weeks ago, is apparently the answer to ‘restoring fish stocks and revitalising New Zealand’s commercial fishing sector’.

Friday 12 June 2020