Read about a review of evidence for indirect effects of commercial fishing on New Zealand sea lions breeding at the Auckland Islands.
Find out about the interactions between protected species and commercial fisheries between 01 July 2009 and 30 June 2010.
Read about the identification of seabirds captured in NZ fisheries for the 2011/12 year (Jul 2011-Jun 2012). The second quarterly report is available below.
Read the draft final research report estimating the demographic parameters of New Zealand sea lions in the Auckland Islands from 1997/98 to 2010/11.
Learn about research to estimate pup production and collect information on population parameters for New Zealand sea lions at the Auckland Islands 2010-11.
Learn about the distribution of protected corals in relation to commercial fishing effort.
This is the abstract for an article published in a recent journal. It investigates fine-scale foraging patterns of white-capped albatross in relation to fishing effort.
This draft final report is part of an ongoing long-term study of the black petrel (Procellaria parkinsoni) on Great Barrier Island (Aotea Island), New Zealand, which was begun during the 1995/96 breeding season.
Read the draft final research report assessing the demographic parameters and at sea distribution of New Zealand sea lions in the Auckland Islands.
Read about the identification of seabirds captured in NZ fisheries for the 2010/11 year (Oct 2010-Jun 2011).
Learn about the corals returned through DOC's Conservation Services Programme (CSP) Observer Programme during the 2009/10 fishing year (1 October 2009 - 30 September 2010).
Read an update on the estimation of demographic parameters for New Zealand sea lions breeding on the Auckland Islands from data collected up to the 2009/10 field season.
Find out about the interactions between protected species and fisheries between 01 July 2008 and 30 June 2009.
This report provides information about the inshore demersal longline fleet, including fishing practices and mitigation techniques. It also investigates the line sink rates using Time-Depth Recorders.
Draft final report on the identification and autopsy of seabirds captured in New Zealand fisheries in the 2008/09 fishing year.
This is the abstract for an article published in a recent journal. It investigates strategies for reducing the number of seabirds attending a trawling vessel.
View Conservation Services Reports published prior to July 2009.
Plan of Action to Reduce Catch of Seabirds in NZ Fisheries
Southern Seabird Solutions Trust fact sheets and lesson plans
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