by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
Black petrels are a threatened seabird. They breed on Aotea Great Barrier Island and Te Hauturu-o-Toi Little Barrier Island and nowhere else in the world. Fishing is undertaken in this area, meaning the birds are at risk of capture while foraging at sea. A...
by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
In 2006, environmental non-profit The Nature Conservancy purchased 13 permits to trawl for groundfish off the coast of California.[1] The West Coast groundfish fishery, which includes more than 100 species, had just been declared a “federal economic disaster” with...
by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
The fisheries industry wants to reduce waste and generate more value from by-products. The agricultural industry wants to maintain high productivity and minimise nitrogen losses. Local company United Fisheries has developed a liquid fertiliser from fish offal that...
by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
Tīkapa Moana the Hauraki Gulf is a national taonga that surrounds Aotearoa New Zealand’s most populous region. It has been under stress for many decades. The stressors on the marine environment of Tīkapa Moana the Hauraki Gulf are multifaceted, cumulative and...
by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
Māui dolphins are endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand and are found on the west coast of the North Island. The New Zealand Government recently developed a ‘spatially explicit fisheries risk assessment’ (SEFRA) that maps the distribution of Māui dolphins and compares it to...