The Update

Bottom-contact fishing is under the spotlight. One science leader wants us all to work together to make trawling better, and better understood.

Raewyn Peart, Policy Director at the Environmental Defence Society, on joining forces to reduce sediment.

Mary Lambie shared some straight-talking advice to the seafood sector on navigating today’s media minefield.

This week, Seafood New Zealand welcomed hundreds of delegates from across the country – and across the industry – in Nelson for our annual conference,…

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…

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.