2009 CSP meetings and project updates

Introduction

Find the agenda, minutes, reports and presentations for the 2009 meetings of the Conservation Services Programme.

Get information on this page about these 2009 meetings:

Joint Mfish AEWG - CSP/NPOA - Seabirds Technical Working Group

27 November 2009

Joint meeting of the MFish Aquatic Environment Working Group with Conservation Services Programme Technical Working Group National Plan of Action - Seabirds Technical Working Group

Main conference room, NIWA, Greta Point, Wellington

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 11K)

Minutes: Draft meeting minutes (PDF, 25K)

CSP presentation

CSP/NPOA - Seabirds Technical Working Group

5 October 2009

Department of Conservation, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington

Chair: Johanna Pierre, DOC

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 22K)

Minutes: Meeting minutes (PDF, 32K)

Presentations

Population studies:

POP2007/01 New Zealand sea lion: Auckland Islands field trip 2008-09, plans for 2009-10 by Louise Chilvers (DOC)

POP2008/01 Black petrel: Great Barrier Island field trips 2008-09, plans for 2009-10 by Elizabeth Bell (WMIL)

POP2005/02 White-capped albatross: Auckland Islands field trip 2008, plans for 2009 by David Thompson (NIWA)

Fisheries interaction projects:

INT2007/02 Seabird autopsy: 2008-09 progress report by David Thompson (NIWA)

INT2009/02 Photo-identification of live seabirds: project update by Igor Debski (DOC)
INT2009/02 Photo-identification of live seabirds (PDF, 288K)

Mitigation projects:

MIT2006/09 Mitigating fur seal captures in trawl nets. Draft final report. George Clement (Clement & Associates)

MIT2009/01 Development of mitigation strategies: Inshore fisheries. Project plan. David Goad (Vita Maris)

Results from the 2008 offal mincing experiments: does mincing reduce seabird attendance at trawl vessels by Ed Abraham (Dragonfly)

Other project updates:

Seabird abundance (observer counts) by Ed Abraham (Dragonfly)

Electronic Monitoring trial 2008 by Igor Debski (DOC)

2009 Research Planning - 2010/11 meeting

26 August 2009

Conservation House, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington

Chairs:

  • Johanna Pierre, DOC
  • Martin Cryer, MFish

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 17K)

Minutes: Meeting minutes (PDF, 29K)

Documents:

Draft Marine Conservation Services five-year research plan 2009-2014

CSP/NPOA - Seabirds Technical Working Group meeting

16 March 2009

Conservation House, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington

Chair: Johanna Pierre, DOC

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 33K)

Minutes: Meeting minutes (PDF, 41K)

Presentations/draft reports

Mitigation projects:

1) MIT2006/02 Mitigating seabird interactions with trawl nets. Draft final report. John Cleal & Richard Wells (Clement & Associates)

2) Efficacy of batch discharge in reducing seabird attendance at trawl vessels. Draft final report. Ed Abraham (Dragonfly)

Fisheries interaction projects:

1) INT2007/01 Observing commercial fisheries – 2007/08 observer report. Stephanie Rowe (DOC)

2) INT2008/01 Observing commercial fisheries – 2008/09 data summary to date.

3) INT2007/03 Coral identification. Di Tracey (NIWA)

4) INT2007/02 Seabird autopsy. David Thompson (NIWA)

Population studies:

1) POP2007/01 New Zealand sea lion: Model options for data analysis. Darryl Mackenzie (Proteus)

2) POP2005/02 White-capped albatross: brief update on Auckland Islands field trip 2008. David Thompson (NIWA)

3) POP2007/01 New Zealand sea lion: brief update on Auckland Islands field trip 2008-09. Louise Chilvers (DOC)