This is the final report for MIT2022-05 Large trawl vessel warp mitigation. Published November 2024.
This the final annual report for INT2020-02 Identification of marine mammals captured in New Zealand fisheries between 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023). Published September 2024.
This is the final annual report for INT2022-03: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023. Published August 2024.
This is the final annual report for INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2022 - 30 June 2023. Published August 2024.
This report summarises the outcomes of the Protected Species Liaison Programme for the 2022-23 fishing year (1 Oct 2022 – 30 Sept 2023), including a summary of the inshore and HMS fleets’ adherence to Protected Species Risk Management Plans. Published June 2024.
This is the final report for INT2022-06 The distribution and abundance of marine mammals observed around commercial fishing vessels in New Zealand waters. Published April 2024.
Read more about the aerial census of Northern Royal Albatross in the Chatham Islands during the 2022-23 breeding season.This report was prepared by Peter Frost and is supplementary to POP2021-03 Seabird population research: Chatham Islands. It covers an aerial census of the northern royal albatross in the 2022-23 breeding season, involving photographs taken from a fixed wing aircraft. Both breeding adults and nearly fledged chicks were counted from the three Chatham Island colonies. The report also compares aerial counts with ground counts and drone imagery taken on Motuhara around the same time. Published April 2024.
This is the final report for MIT2021-03B Bottom longline sink rate testing. Published February 2024.
This is the final report for MIT2022-02: Understanding drivers and barriers to seabird bycatch mitigation uptake in small vessel bottom longline fisheries. Published October 2023
This is the final report for INT2021-02: Characterisation of protected coral interactions. Published September 2023.
This is the final report for POP2022-04: Deep diving into decades of uncatalogued corals. Published September 2023.
This is the final report for POP2021-02: Identification of protected coral hotspots using species distribution modelling. Published September 2023.
This is the final report for POP2021-04 Flesh-footed shearwater population monitoring 2022/23. Published August 2023.
This is the final annual report for Part B (Foveaux shag) of POP2021-07 Otago/Foveaux shag breeding population, by Parker Conservation. Published July 2023.
This is the final report for POP2021-06 Fur seal population estimate and bycatch analysis, Cook Strait hoki fishery. Published August 2023.
These are the final reports for POP2022-08 Auckland Islands seabird research 2022/23. Published August 2023.
This is the final report for POP2022-01 Black petrel research (land monitoring). Published July 2023.
The following reports summarise a collation of new work undertaken on the Chatham Islands supported by a mixture of Conservation Services Programme funding (CSP projects POP2022-05 Northern Buller’s albatross population monitoring and POP2022-06 Northern royal albatross population monitoring), core DOC seabird funds and from private funding to Toroa Consulting Ltd. Published August 2023.
This is the final report for POP2019-04 Southern Buller’s albatross: Snares/Tini Heke population study. Published August 2023.
This is the final report for MIT2022-07 Inshore trawl warp mitigation. Published August 2023.
These are the final reports for POP2022-10 Antipodes Island seabird research 2022/23. Published July 2023.
This is the final annual report for INT2021-04 Collection and curation of tissue samples from protected fishes and turtles 2022/23. Published July 2023.
This is the final report for POP2022-09 Auckland Islands New Zealand sea lions. Published July 2023.
This is the final report for MIT2022-06 Light mitigation: reducing vessel interactions with seabirds. Published June 2023.
This is the final report for POP2022-11 Campbell Island seabird research. Published May 2023.
This is the final report for MIT2022-04 Bait retention as a driver to mitigation use in the surface longline fishery, Published April 2023.