Get information on this page about these 2009 meetings:
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
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)
Conservation House, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington
Chairs:
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 17K)
Minutes: Meeting minutes (PDF, 29K)
Documents:
Draft Marine Conservation Services five-year research plan 2009-2014
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 â 2007/08 observer report. Stephanie Rowe (DOC)
2) INT2008/01 Observing commercial fisheries â 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)