2023 CSP meetings and project updates
Introduction
Find the agenda, minutes, reports and presentations for the 2023 meetings of the Conservation Services Programme.Get information on this page about these 2023 meetings:
- CSP Research Advisory Group 1 March 2024
- CSP Technical Working Group 12 October 2023
- CSP Technical Working Group 5 September 2023
- CSP Technical Working Group 11 July 2023
- CSP Technical Working Group 6 July 2023
- CSP Technical Working Group 8 June 2023
- CSP Technical Working Group 19 May 2023
- CSP Technical Working Group 26 April 2023
- CSP Technical Working Group 9 March 2023
- CSP Research Advisory Group 28 February 2023
CSP Research Advisory Group Resources 2024/25
Terms of reference:CSP RAG Terms of Reference (PDF, 55K)
RAG Resources:
- CSP Research Advisory Group information
- CSP Strategic Statement (PDF, 341K)
- DRAFT CSP Annual Research Summary 2022-23 (PDF, 838K)
- Medium Term Research Plans:
- Bycatch project longlist 2024-25 (PDF, 133K)
Comments are sought on the updated Medium Term Research Plans and Draft Annual Research Summary 2022-23, noting that there are no updates to the CSP Medium Term Research Plans for Seabirds, Protected Fishes, Marine Mammals, or Sea Turtles since last year.
Project update: INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2022 – 31 December 2022
5 December 2023
This is a quarterly report for INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries. It covers captures from 1 July 2022-31 December 2022.
CSP Technical Working Group Meeting
12 October 2023
Chair: Kris Ramm
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 50K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 172K)
CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)
Presentations:
- Information for the Public about seabird bycatch in NZ commercial fisheries - FNZ seabird bycatch dashboard (SST and FNZ)
Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 27 October 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
Project update: POP2022-03: Deep sea protected coral reproduction study
18 September 2023
This is an annual progress report for POP2022-03: Deep sea protected coral reproduction study.
Project update: INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2022 – 30 September 2022
15 August 2023
This is a quarterly report for INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries. It covers captures from 1 July 2022- 30 September 2022.
CSP Technical Working Group Meeting
5 September 2023
Chair: Kris Ramm
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 50K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 233K)
CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)
Presentations:
- POP2022-04 Deep diving into decades of uncatalogued corals (NIWA)
- MIT2022-02 Barriers to mitigation uptake (The Navigators)
- MIT2023-07 Novel seabird bycatch mitigation for floated demersal longline fisheries: project scoping (DOC)
Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 27 September 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
CSP Technical Working Group Meeting
11 July 2023
Chair: Igor Debski
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 89K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 212K)
CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)
Presentations:
- POP2021-03 Trail-camera assessment of the fates of Northern Royal Albatross and Northern Buller’s Mollymawk chicks: 2021 breeding season, Motuhara
- POP2019-04 Southern Buller’s albatross: Snares/Tini Heke population project (NIWA)
- POP2022-05/06 Albatross research on Chathams (Toroa Consulting/Science Support Service/DOC)
- POP2022-01 Black petrel monitoring (WMIL)
- POP2021-04 Flesh-footed shearwater population monitoring (WMIL)
- POP2021-08 Assessment of causes of low burrow occupancy rates in Westland petrels/POP2022-07 Westland petrel foraging movements and diving behaviour (DOC)
Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 26 July 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
CSP Technical Working Group Meeting
6 July 2023
Chair: Katie Clemens-Seely
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 49K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 102K)
CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)
Presentations:
- INT2019-04 Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022 (NIWA)
- INT2022-06 Distribution and abundance of marine mammals observed around fishing vessels: proposed approach (Dragonfly)
- POP2022-03 Deep-sea protected coral reproduction study (NIWA)
Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 21 July 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
CSP Technical Working Group Meeting
8 June 2023
Chair: Katie Clemens-Seely
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 87K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 272K)
CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)
Presentations:
- MIT2022-07 Inshore trawl warp mitigation (Proteus)
- INT2021-02 Characterisation of protected coral interactions (Proteus)
- INT2022-05 Determining the resilience of Fiordland corals to fisheries impacts (Victoria University)
- MIT2021-03 Methods for increasing sink rates for bottom longline (Vita Maris)
- MIT2022-06 Light mitigation: reducing vessel interactions with seabirds (Vita Maris)
- POP2021-07 Foveaux shag census (Parker Conservation)
- POP2022-10 Antipodes Island seabird research: Antipodean albatross and white-chinned petrel (Parker Conservation)
- POP2022-08 Auckland Islands seabird research: Gibson's and white-capped albatross (Albatross Research)
Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 23 June 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
CSP Technical Working Group Meeting
19 May 2023
Chair: Kris Ramm
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 86K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 204K)
CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)
Presentations:
- POP2022-09 Auckland Islands New Zealand sea lions (DOC)
Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 6 June 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
CSP Technical Working Group Meeting
26 April 2023
Chair: Kris Ramm
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 86K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 195K)
CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)
Presentations:
- POP2021-02 Identification of protected coral hotspots using species distribution modelling (NIWA)
- POP2022-11 Campbell Island seabird research (DOC)
Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 11 May 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
Project update: MIT2021-01: Protected species liaison project 2021-22
13 April 2023
This is the draft annual report for MIT2021-01 Protected species liaison project. It covers the 2021-22 fishing year from 1 Oct 2021 - 30 September 2022.
Comments are sought until 5 pm, 27 April 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz
CSP Technical Working Group Meeting
9 March 2023
Chair: Lyndsey Holland
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 107K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 211K)
CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)
Presentations:
- MIT2022-05 Large vessel trawl warp mitigation (Dragonfly Science)
- MIT2022-04 Bait retention as a driver to mitigation use in the surface longline fishery (Proteus)
Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 24 March 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
CSP Research Advisory Group Meeting
28 February 2023
Terms of reference: CSP RAG Terms of Reference (PDF, 150K)
Chair: Kris Ramm
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 151K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 201K)
RAG Resources:
- CSP Research Advisory Group information
- CSP Strategic Statement (PDF, 341K)
- DRAFT CSP Annual Research Summary 2021-22 (PDF, 653K) - to be finalised mid 2023
- Medium Term Research Plans:
- CSP RAG Project Proposals 2023-24 (PDF, 278K)
- CSP Project Initial Prioritisation 2023-24 (PDF, 37K)
- CSP Project Initial Prioritisation 2023-24 (XLS, 15K)
Additional feedback from the CSP RAG will be sought until 5pm, 15 March 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
Project update: CSP Annual Research Summary 2020-21
21 February 2023
This is the draft CSP Annual Research Summary 2020-21. It covers 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.
Comments are sought until 8 March 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
Project update: INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch specimens, 1 July 2021 – 31 December 2021
10 January 2023
This is a six monthly progress report for INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water bycatch specimens from 1 July to 31 December 2021.
Project update: INT2019-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2021 – 31 March 2022
10 January 2023
This is a quarterly report for INT2019-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries. It covers captures from 1 July 2021-31 March 2022.