Get information on this page about these 2009 meetings:
- Joint Mfish AEWG - CSP/NPOA Seabirds Technical Working Group 27 November
- CSP/NPOA Seabirds Technical Working Group 5 October
- Research Planning 2010/11 26 August
- CSP/NPOA -Seabirds Technical Working Group 16 March
Joint Mfish AEWG - CSP/NPOA - Seabirds Technical Working Group
27 November 2009
Joint meeting of the MFish Aquatic Environment Working Group with Conservation Services Programme Technical Working Group National Plan of Action - Seabirds Technical Working Group
Main conference room, NIWA, Greta Point, Wellington
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 11K)
Minutes: Draft meeting minutes (PDF, 25K)
CSP presentation
- Electronic monitoring in the NZ inshore trawl fishery: a pilot trial (2008) (PDF, 430K) by Howard McElderry (Archipelago Marine Research Ltd)
CSP/NPOA - Seabirds Technical Working Group
5 October 2009
Department of Conservation, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington
Chair: Johanna Pierre, DOC
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 22K)
Minutes: Meeting minutes (PDF, 32K)
Presentations
Population studies:
POP2007/01 New Zealand sea lion: Auckland Islands field trip 2008-09, plans for 2009-10 by Louise Chilvers (DOC)
- Presentation: POP2007/01 NZ sea lion research, summer 2008/09, by Louise Chilvers (PDF, 772K)
- POP2007/01: NZ sea lion research trip, Auckland Islands 2008/2009
POP2008/01 Black petrel: Great Barrier Island field trips 2008-09, plans for 2009-10 by Elizabeth Bell (WMIL)
POP2005/02 White-capped albatross: Auckland Islands field trip 2008, plans for 2009 by David Thompson (NIWA)
- Presentation: POP2005/02 White-capped albatross: Auckland Island (PDF, 3,000K)
- POP2005/02 Draft annual report
- POP2005/02 White-capped albatross, Auckland Islands: provisional fieldwork plan for the 2009/10 breeding season (PDF, 14K)
Fisheries interaction projects:
INT2007/02 Seabird autopsy: 2008-09 progress report by David Thompson (NIWA)
INT2009/02 Photo-identification of live seabirds: project update by Igor Debski (DOC)
INT2009/02 Photo-identification of live seabirds (PDF, 288K)
Mitigation projects:
MIT2006/09 Mitigating fur seal captures in trawl nets. Draft final report. George Clement (Clement & Associates)
- Presentation: MIT2006/09 Mitigating fur seal captures in trawl nets (PDF, 1,700K)
- MIT2006/09 Mitigating incidental captures of fur seals in trawl fisheries: A report commissioned by DOC
MIT2009/01 Development of mitigation strategies: Inshore fisheries. Project plan. David Goad (Vita Maris)
Results from the 2008 offal mincing experiments: does mincing reduce seabird attendance at trawl vessels by Ed Abraham (Dragonfly)
Other project updates:
Seabird abundance (observer counts) by Ed Abraham (Dragonfly)
Electronic Monitoring trial 2008 by Igor Debski (DOC)
2009 Research Planning - 2010/11 meeting
26 August 2009
Conservation House, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington
Chairs:
- Johanna Pierre, DOC
- Martin Cryer, MFish
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 17K)
Minutes: Meeting minutes (PDF, 29K)
Documents:
Draft Marine Conservation Services five-year research plan 2009-2014
CSP/NPOA - Seabirds Technical Working Group meeting
16 March 2009
Conservation House, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington
Chair: Johanna Pierre, DOC
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 33K)
Minutes: Meeting minutes (PDF, 41K)
Presentations/draft reports
Mitigation projects:
1) MIT2006/02 Mitigating seabird interactions with trawl nets. Draft final report. John Cleal & Richard Wells (Clement & Associates)
- Cleal - Mitigating seabird interactions presentation (PDF, 1080K)
- Cleal & Wells draft final report (PDF, 3100K)
2) Efficacy of batch discharge in reducing seabird attendance at trawl vessels. Draft final report. Ed Abraham (Dragonfly)
- Abraham - Efficacy of batch discharge presentation (PDF, 627K)
- Abraham Batching report (PDF, 2590K)
Fisheries interaction projects:
1) INT2007/01 Observing commercial fisheries – 2007/08 observer report. Stephanie Rowe (DOC)
- Rowe - observer report (PDF, 624K) Report updated 9 June 2009
2) INT2008/01 Observing commercial fisheries – 2008/09 data summary to date.
3) INT2007/03 Coral identification. Di Tracey (NIWA)
4) INT2007/02 Seabird autopsy. David Thompson (NIWA)
- Thompson - Seabird autopsy summary report (PDF, 48K)
- Thompson - Seabird autopsy progress report (PDF, 26K)
- Thompson - Seabird autopsy project (PDF, 192K)
Population studies:
1) POP2007/01 New Zealand sea lion: Model options for data analysis. Darryl Mackenzie (Proteus)
- Mackenzie - Sealion presentation (PDF, 550K)
- Mackenzie - Sea lion update (PDF, 767K)
- Comments from Paul Breen, NIWA (PDF, 9K)
- Response from Darryl Mackenzie to Paul Breen's comments (PDF, 14K)
2) POP2005/02 White-capped albatross: brief update on Auckland Islands field trip 2008. David Thompson (NIWA)
3) POP2007/01 New Zealand sea lion: brief update on Auckland Islands field trip 2008-09. Louise Chilvers (DOC)