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Implementation of best practice seabird bycatch mitigation in commercial fisheries
by New Zealand Department of Conservation (Government)
By 2022 all commercial fisheries in New Zealand posing high risk to seabirds though by-catch will be implementing best practice seabird mitigation. Priority fisheries will be identified using a risk-based approach, mitigation options will be developed and/or modified to best suit local fleets and liaison officers will visit all vessels to ensure each vessel has in place a plan to implement this mitigation.
Progress reports
14.4
By 2020, effectively regulate harvesting and end overfishing, illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and destructive fishing practices and implement science-based management plans, in order to restore fish stocks in the shortest time feasible, at least to levels that can produce maximum sustainable yield as determined by their biological characteristics
Type of commitment
  • Reduction of fisheries by-catch and product waste/losses
Annually
Fisheries liaison reporting on number of vessels that have developed a vessel management plan using best practice seabird mitigation
Annually
Seabird bycatch estimated annually based on independent monitoring. Reporting annually, though not all fisheries may be monitored each year
Other, please specify
Approximately $100,000 USD per annum to develop mitigation options and fund liaison officers. Approximately $300,000 per annum to achieve observer coverage of seabird bycatch on target fleets.
Basic information
Time-frame: July 2017 - 2022
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Partners
New Zealand Department of Conservation (Government), Ministry for Primary Industries (Government)
Ocean Basins
  • South Pacific
Beneficiary countries
Other beneficaries
Contact information
Luke Roughton, New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, luke.roughton@mfat.govt.nz,
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