Commercial Fishing & Seafood Industry Contacts - New Zealand

Government Contacts & Information  Resources for
Commercial Fishing, Seafood, Aquaculture, Marine & Oceans in New Zealand

New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries - The Ministry of Fisheries works to ensure that fisheries are used in a sustainable way and that we have a healthy aquatic ecosystem. That way, all New Zealanders can get the best value from this resource.

 

New Zealand Seafood Industry Council - The New Zealand Seafood Industry Council works on behalf of the New Zealand seafood industry, helping to shape policy and regulatory frameworks. The Council's brief is to look after the interests of a diverse and exciting industry and promote its healthy growth.

 

Forum Fisheries Agency - The Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) is based in Honiara, Solomon Islands and comprises 17 member governments. It was established in August 1979 to help countries manage their fishery resources that fall within their 200 mile exclusive economic zones. The founding document of the Agency is the South Pacific Forum Fisheries Agency Convention.

 

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission - Commission for the Conservation and Management  of Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the  Western and Central Pacific Ocean

 

Fishery and Aquaculture Country Profile for New Zealand - aquatic species caught by country or area, by species items, by FAO major fishing areas, and year, for all commercial, industrial, recreational and subsistence purposes. The harvest from mariculture, aquaculture and other kinds of fish farming is also included.

 

Cawthron Institute - Cawthron Institute is a private, independent, not-for-profit research centre. Specialist fields are the aquaculture of shellfish and seaweeds, biosecurity issues, marine and freshwater science, and analytical chemistry and microbiology.

 

FishServe - FishServe provides registry services to the New Zealand commercial fishing industry for the Quota Management System. These services are provided under the Fisheries Act 1996.

 

NABIS Fisheries Management Maps - NABIS is an interactive web-based mapping tool. Users can map and display information about New Zealand's marine environment, species distributions and fisheries management. NABIS is provided by the Ministry of Fisheries as part of the New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy.

 

Ocean Health Index New Zealand - The Ocean Health Index is a valuable tool for the ongoing assessment of ocean health. By providing a means to advance comprehensive ocean policy and compare future progress, the Index can inform decisions about how to use or protect marine ecosystems. The Index is a collaborative effort, made possible through contributions from more than 65 scientists/ocean experts and partnerships between organizations including the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Sea Around Us, Conservation International, National Geographic, and the New England Aquarium. Information for New Zealand

 

International Salmon Farmers Association - Aquaculture, or fish farming is centuries old. Salmon farming began in Norway approximately 40 years ago but it has become an economic driver and social mainstay of coastal and rural communities all over the world – in countries like Canada, the United States, Chile, the UK, Australia, New Zealand, Iceland, Ireland and the Faroe Islands. Salmon farming currently employs thousands of people, generates billions of dollars into local economies and provides leadership and training opportunities for young people so that they can work and raise families in their home communities. Farmed salmon has also become a staple part of a healthy, nutritious and affordable diet for people of all ages.

 

New Zealand Accommodation - Nz-tourism.com provides complete travel & tourism services for New Zealand. We enable you to find your choice of information about New Zealand regions, events, accommodation, tours & transportation

Te Ohu Kaimoana - Te Ohu Kaimoana is a statutory organisation dedicated to future advancement of Māori interests in the marine environment. Its role is to allocate to mandated iwi organisations fisheries assets held in trust through the 1989 and 1992 Māori Commercial Fisheries Settlement and provide an advisory service to its iwi constituents.

 

NZ Seafood Industry Training Organisation - SITO is the Industry Training Organisation (ITO) for New Zealand's seafood industry. It aims to help seafood industry employees and their employers plan for a better future.

 

Maritime New Zealand - Maritime New Zealand (MNZ) is a Crown entity formed to ensure the marine environment is safe, secure and clean for all its users, and that it stays that way well into the future. Our vision is “a maritime environment with minimum deaths, accidents, incidents and pollution as part of an integrated and sustainable transport system”.

 

NZ Rock Lobster Industry Council
The NZ Rock Lobster Industry Council (NZ RLIC) represents the rock lobster industry in New Zealand. It is an umbrella organisation for the nine commercial stakeholder organisations operating in each of the rock lobster management areas of  New Zealand. The spiny rock lobster (Jasus edwardsii; koura) has always been important to Maori and for much of this century has supported increasingly important commercial and amateur fisheries. Rock lobsters support one of the country’s oldest commercial fisheries, and are one of the seafood industry’s top export earners.

 

New Zealand Greenshell Mussels - New Zealand Greenshell™ Mussels (Perna canaliculus) are a native New Zealand shellfish. They are easily recognized by their vibrant green and gold shell coloring. The plump tender meat is creamy white when the mussel is male and apricot to orange when the mussel is female. Flavor is not differentiated by color and the flavor of both is superb.

 

 

Aquaculture New Zealand - The voice of the New Zealand aquaculture Industry - Information on aquaculture farming of Greenshell Mussels, King Salmon and Pacific Oysters.