2025 CSP meetings and project updates
Find the agenda and final minutes for the 2025 meetings of the Conservation Services Programme below. Other related meeting materials, such as draft reports and draft minutes, will be made available prior to each meeting via a designated CSP TWG SharePoint site. You can request access to the SharePoint site by emailing csp@doc.govt.nz.

Get information on this page about these 2025 meetings:

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

12 December 2025

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 39K)

Minutes: To be provided following the meeting

Presentations:

  • POP2023-01 Aerial survey of leatherback turtles off Northeast North Island (Upwell Turtles)
  • INT2023-02 Species identification of camera-detected protected species captures in New Zealand fisheries (FNZ)
  • MIT2024-05 Testing the utility of visual deterrent options to mitigate incidental bycatch of protected species in set nets (NIWA)
  • POP2023-03 Updated population estimate and marine habitat utilisation of yellow-eyed penguins/hoiho breeding on Campbell Island (DOC)
  • Monitoring Marine Megafauna with Satellites: International use and feasibility in New Zealand (Jacquetta Udy)
  • INT2024-08 Westland petrel overlap with commercial fishing effort (DOC)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 9 January 2026 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

11 September 2025

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 39K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 22K)

Presentations:

  • INT2024-02 Port-based audit and protected species retention programme (Marine Review)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 25 September 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

21 July 2025

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 68K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 153K)

Presentations:

  • MIT2023-02 Understanding and mitigating seabird and turtle bycatch during the pelagic longline soak period / MIT2024-02 Enhancing seabird bycatch mitigation across the set and soak periods in surface longline fisheries (Vita Maris)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 4 August 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

15 July 2025

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 68K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 72K)

Presentations:

  • POP2022-01 Black petrel population monitoring (WMIL/NNZST)
  • POP2023-01 Flesh-footed shearwater population monitoring (WMIL)
  • POP2023-02 Southern Buller’s population study (Parker Conservation)
  • POP2022-10 Antipodes Island seabird research (Parker Conservation) 
  • POP2023-04 Campbell Island seabird research (DOC)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 29 July 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

26 June 2025

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 163K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 222K)

Presentations:

  • INT2024-04 Exploring impacts and recovery potential of protected deep-sea stony corals, utilising ROV capability on RV Sonne in the NZ region (NIWA)
  • POP2024-02 Improving knowledge on coral life history traits (NIWA)
  • INT2022-03 identification, storage, and genetics of cold-water coral bycatch specimens (NIWA)
  • POP2023-05 Auckland Islands New Zealand sea lions (DOC)
  • POP2022-08 Auckland Islands seabird research (DOC)
  • INT2024-06 Interaction of spotted shags with northern North Island set net fisheries (Plant & Food Research)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 10 July 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

26 March 2025

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 42K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 163K)

Presentations:

  • INT2022-04 Risk assessment for protected corals – NIWA
  • INT2023-10 Understanding coral bycatch – assessing large catches – NIWA (PDF, 1,186K)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 10 April 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

Project update: INT2022-02 Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2023 – 31 December 2023

3 March 2025

This is a quarterly report for INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries. It covers captures from 1 July 2023 - 31 December 2023. 

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

21 February 2025

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP TWG Terms of Reference (PDF, 116K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 47K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 153K)

Presentations:

  • INT2024-02 Port-based audit and Protected Species retention programme - proposed methodology (Marine Review)
  • Dolphin Acoustic Device characterisation (JASCO)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 7 March 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Research Advisory Group Meeting

17 February 2025

Terms of reference: CSP RAG Terms of Reference (PDF, 55K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 74K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 191K)

RAG Resources:

Feedback should be be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz by 3 March 2025.