New Sealord trawler Tokatu arrive at Port Nelson

The Sealord trawler Tokatu arrived at its new home at Port Nelson this morning after a six-week...

Protecting seabirds and marine mammals

New Zealand is seabird central.

Inaugural Sustainable Seafood Day a success

New Zealand is a global leader in fisheries management, the London-based Marine Stewardship Council...

Fisheries New Zealand Launched

Life is rich in irony and randomness, observed enigmatic MP Shane Jones.

Accountability and Sustainability - the Seafood industry keeps its Promise

The New Zealand seafood industry tonight launches the second year of a campaign that will reinforce...

Guardianship and Sustainability – the seafood industry keeps its Promise

The New Zealand seafood industry is keeping its Promise.

Confronting plastics pollution in our oceans

Anyone doubting the scourge of plastic waste in our oceans need only visit the so-called holiday...

Hit and miss report on the Quota Management System

The Quota Management System (QMS) is a success in some areas, a miserable failure in others.

Maori looking to flex their seafood muscles

Maori leaders are calling for greater collaboration to protect hard won resources and build...

Nash warns of ecosystem-based management system by 2020

An ecosystem-based management (EBM) approach will be introduced to fisheries by 2020, according to...

Industry advocates for early review of Hector's dolphin protection plan

The capture of five Hector’s dolphins in a set net off Banks Peninsula prompted the industry to...

Co-operation not condemnation key to conservation success

A new approach to conservation in Aotearoa is being spearheaded by the American-based The Nature...

Bluff oysters in hot demand as season kicks off

An Auckland restaurateur wanted 200 dozen Bluff oysters direct from processor Barnes Oysters in...

The perils of perception

This week, the Ministry for Primary Industries released a report on New Zealanders’ views of the...

New technology deployed to prevent sea lion pup deaths

Scientists from the Department of Conservation (DOC) and Deepwater Group (DWG) say GPS technology...

Cautious optimism for Kaikoura paua fishery's recovery

Earthquakes and storms have hammered our country in recent times and the marine environment has...

Positive start to Code of Conduct roadshow

The seafood roadshow, or more correctly portshow, is in Greymouth today.

Seafood industry welcomes considered approach to cameras on vessels

The New Zealand seafood industry has welcomed confirmation by Stuart Nash, the Fisheries Minister,...

Warm summer weather brings a fish-for-all

Prime Minister Jacinda Adern introduced her partner Clarke Gayford this week as a fisherman.

The Update - 2 February 2018

Seafood New Zealand's weekly email has a new name and look

Smear campaign lacks substance and evidence

Facts are stubborn but statistics are more pliable, observed Mark Twain.

Friday Update - 26 January 2018

There is no cover up

Images of dead dolphins and seabirds are shocking.

Fishing industry dismisses claim fishery should not be certified sustainable

Accusations that the fishing industry is responsible for any population decrease of Salvin’s...

Bring on transparency but caution urged over public access to footage from cameras in workplaces

The New Zealand seafood industry welcomes the collection of additional information under the...

Industry's strong growth continues

The seafood sector ends the year in a strong position.

Seafood outlook looking rosy

The latest Situation and Outlook for Primary Industries, released yesterday by the Ministry for...

New recreational management system needed - report

Management of recreational fisheries needs to change, a research group has found.

Set net fishery not pushing yellow-eyed penguins to extinction

The dastardly fishing industry is at it again.

Commercial fishers agree to extend Hawke's Bay area closure

The commercial fishing industry will again support the closure of 237 square kilometres of ocean...

World Fisheries Day celebrated

The New Zealand fishing industry was commended for its sustainable approach on World Fisheries Day...

Public perception of fisheries management at odds with international reputation - TNC

New Zealand fisheries’ Quota Management System (QMS) is being presented as an international example...

International study looks for lessons from the New Zealand QMS

New Zealand fisheries’ Quota Management System is being presented as an international example by a...

No telling porgies to US consumers

American consumers will soon know New Zealand’s snapper by another name.

Otago University sea lion study slammed by experts

Poor science deserves to be challenged and three sea lion scientists have done just that.

Challenges and opportunities with new Government

What to make of the new government and its implications for the seafood industry?

Time to hit pause on IEMRS

The biggest change to the commercial fishing industry since the introduction of the Quota...

MPI cost recovery review lost at sea

In the post-election hiatus the Ministry for Primary Industries could still get on with an...

Moana New Zealand tackling mental health awareness head on

One of the saddest sights seen in this country was the 579 pairs of shoes arrayed on Parliament’s...

Top dollar for New Zealand seafood at Sydney Fish Market

New Zealand seafood continues to fetch premium prices at the renowned Sydney Fish Market.

Another orange roughy success story

An orange roughy fishery south of Stewart Island has been given the green light to reopen after 19...

Long-term vision key for a prosperous paua industry

The Stewart Island paua fishery is in such good heart, the Ministry for Primary Industries stock...

MPI must suspend IEMRS or risk failure

Frustration is building around obvious flaws in the rushed introduction of new monitoring...

Election campaigns go up a gear

And so it begins in earnest.

Talley’s skipjack tuna gets tick of sustainability

New Zealand's main skipjack tuna purse seine fishery has been certified by the Marine Stewardship...

Seafood industry praises decision to fast-forward microbeads ban

Seafood New Zealand says the industry is delighted that the Government has decided to bring forward...

Friday Update - August 11, 2017

Debate on recreational fishing management well overdue

Despite the howls of indignation by recreational fishing lobby groups– and the short, sharp...

Seafood NZ Magazine - August 2017

Friday Update - 4 August 2017