Captain's Blog | Seafood NZ

Banning NZ seafood exports to the US - how is Sea Shepherd doing?

In short, not well.

Friday 20 November 2020

Wider oceans policy adopted by National as well

This week the National Party named Tim van de Molen as the new Fisheries Spokesman. And like Labour a few weeks ago, has changed the name of the portfolio to Oceans and Fisheries.

Friday 13 November 2020

Oceans and Fisheries - what the new portfolio offers industry

Labour’s landslide election victory gave them a strong mandate to govern alone, which they have chosen to do, leaving the Greens outside of Cabinet.

Friday 6 November 2020

Plastics - part of the problem and one we must solve

A report this week out of South Africa presented a very different take on ocean pollution.

Friday 30 October 2020

Saving our oceans - why the answer is not locking 30 percent up

Sometime in the coming months we expect the matter of marine protection will be at the forefront as the Government looks at releasing a discussion paper that aims to reform New Zealand’s antiquated legislation.

Friday 23 October 2020

The mysterious link between the Seychelles, the Nobel Prize and fisheries sustainability

A few days ago, two economists at Stanford University in California won the Nobel Prize for Economics for their work on improving auction formats - innovations that provide huge practical applications when it comes to allocating...

Friday 16 October 2020

Travel advice for Ms Ardern and Ms Collins

In one of the light moments, okay the only light moment, of the second televised political leaders’ debate, Jacinda Ardern and Judith Collins were asked where they would most like to holiday in New Zealand.

Friday 9 October 2020

Why every signpost is pointing to algae

Cawthron Institute’s announcement yesterday that they have been awarded $3 million to investigate the potential of the red seaweed Karengo and the micro algae Chlorella as protein sources is just another in the long list of...

Friday 2 October 2020

Immigration decision a lifeline for fishing companies

Cabinet’s decision this week to allow foreign fishing crew to enter New Zealand was a huge relief to companies that rely on that skilled labour to operate.

Friday 25 September 2020