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Seafood NZ has a new full-time staff member dedicated to reducing protected species capture for the inshore sector.

Sarah Wright shares what she’s learned out in the field promoting seafood careers as well as what’s next in the implementation of our workforce…

For weeks, we’ve shared updates about our 2025 Seafood Conference – highlighting the speakers and sessions you won’t want to miss. But there’s one…

A few weeks ago Southland fisher Pat Nyhon was on a family vacation in Europe – literally on the other side of the world – but that didn’t stop him…

Fishing vessel - Sealord's Ocean Dawn

This week it was hard to miss the news that Greenpeace has been out on the water chasing kiwi fishing boats. For the fishers on the receiving end of…

Federation President Doug Saunders-Loder has spearheaded the development of nine animated videos to help give Kiwis a new and true look at bottom…

We’ve got some good news to share about what a global authority says about New Zealand. 

Max Mossler, Managing Editor of Sustainable Fisheries UW, shares a shortened version of his blog.

Dr Richard O'Driscoll, Chief Scientist – Fisheries at NIWA, shares his thoughts ahead of World Oceans Day.

Around 200 New Zealand fishers and fisher-adjacent people gathered in Christchurch this week for the NZ Federation of Commercial Fishermen Conference.…

Work has well and truly begun on Seafood New Zealand’s Conference for 2025 and we can now reveal the headline names that will be gracing the stage.

Collaboration is pointless and the time for talk has passed – so says Greenpeace. But who agrees with them?