2023/24 Conservation Services Programme Reports
Conservation Services Programme reports from July 2023 to June 2024.

This is the final annual report for INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2023 - 30 June 2024. Published December 2025.

This the final annual report for INT2023-04 Identification of marine mammals, turtles and protected fish captured in New Zealand fisheries between 1 July 2023 - 30 June 2024). Published September 2025.

This is the final annual report for INT2022-03: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch 1 July 2023 - 30 June 2024. Published August 2025.

This is the final report for INT2023-10 Understanding coral bycatch: assessing large catches. Published July 2025.

Read more about the aerial survey of Northern Royal Albatross populations on the Chatham Islands, December 2023. Published December 2024.

This is the final report for INT2023-07 Expert identification of protected corals. Published October 2024.

This is the final report for MIT2023-01. Effects of hook and bait type on commercial longline fisheries bycatch. Published October 2024.

This is the final report for INT2023-08 Albatross diet: Composition of natural prey versus fisheries bait/waste. Published November 2024.

These are the final reports for POP2022-01 Black petrel research. Published May and September 2024.

This is the final report for POP2022-03 Protected coral reproduction study. Published September 2024.

This is the final report for POP2022-10 Antipodes Island seabird research 2023/24. Published September 2024.

This is the final report for INT2023-05 High-resolution estimation of species diversity for a protected coral family commonly occurring as trawl bycatch. Published September 2024.

This is the final report for POP2021-04 Flesh-footed shearwater population monitoring 2023/24. Published September 2024.

This is one of the final reports for MIT2023-02 Understanding and mitigating seabird and turtle bycatch during the pelagic longline soak period. Published September 2024.

This is the final report for INT2023-03 Characterising surface longline fishing fleet behaviour in relation to leatherback bycatch. Published August 2024.

This is the final report for INT2021-04 Collection and curation of tissue samples from protected fishes and turtles for the period 1 July 2023 to 30 June 2024. Published July 2024.

This is the final report for POP2023-05 Auckland Islands New Zealand sea lions. Published July 2024.

These are the final reports for POP2022-08 Auckland Islands seabird research 2023/24. Published June and October 2024.

This is the final report for POP2023-04 Campbell Island seabird research 2023/24. Published July 2024.

These are the final reports for POP2023-02 Southern Buller's population study. Published June and September 2024.

This is the final report for MIT2023-07A Novel seabird bycatch mitigation for floated demersal longline fisheries. Published June 2024.

Read more about seabird population research on the Chatham Islands in 2024. Published April 2024.