2025 CSP meetings and project updates

Get information on this page about these 2024 meetings:

• CSP Technical Working Group 16 April 2025
• CSP Technical Working Group 26 March 2025
• CSP Technical Working Group 21 February 2025
• CSP Research Advisory Group 17 February 2025

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

16 April 2025

Online teams meeting

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 34K)

Minutes: 

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• POP2023-05 Auckland Islands New Zealand sea lions (DOC)
  • Draft report (PDF, 2,576K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 8,504K)

Agenda item to be confirmed:

• MIT2023-02 Understanding and mitigating seabird and turtle bycatch during the pelagic longline soak period

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 7 May 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

26 March 2025

Online teams meeting

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 42K)

Minutes: 

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• INT2022-04 Risk assessment for protected corals (NIWA)
  • Draft report (PDF, 3,880K)
• INT2023-10 Understanding coral bycatch - assessing large catches (NIWA)
  • Draft report (TBC)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 10 April 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

Project update: INT2022-02 Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2023 – 31 December 2023

3 March 2025

This is a quarterly report for INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries. It covers captures from 1 July 2023 - 31 December 2023. 

• INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, Jul 2023 - Dec 2023 (PDF, 457K)

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

21 February 2025

Online teams meeting

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 47K)

Minutes: DRAFT Minutes (PDF, 153K)

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• INT2024-02 Port-based audit and Protected Species retention programme - proposed methodology (Marine Review)
  • Draft report (PDF, 1,084K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 696K)
• Dolphin Acoustic Device characterisation (JASCO)
  • Presentation (PDF, 700K)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 7 March 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Research Advisory Group Meeting

17 February 2025

Terms of reference: CSP RAG Terms of Reference (PDF, 55K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 74K)

Minutes: DRAFT Minutes (PDF, 191K)

RAG Resources:

• CSP Research Advisory Group information
• CSP Strategic Statement (PDF, 341K)
• DRAFT CSP Annual Research Summary 2023-24 (PDF, 881K)
• Medium Term Research Plans: 
  
  • CSP Seabird Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 281K)
  • CSP Marine Mammal Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 210K)
  • CSP Protected Fish Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 645K)
  • CSP Sea Turtle Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 152K) 
  • CSP Protected Coral Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 712K)
• CSP RAG Project Proposals 2025-26 (PDF, 301K)
• CSP Project Initial Prioritisation 2025-26 (PDF, 94K)

Feedback should be be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz by 3 March 2025.

Project update: INT2022-03: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch specimens, 1 July 2023 – 31 December 2023

10 February 2025

This is a six monthly progress report for INT2022-03: Identification and storage of cold-water bycatch specimens from 1 July to 31 December 2023. 

• INT2022-03: Identification and storage of cold-water bycatch specimens, Jul - Dec 2023 (PDF, 2,207K)

Project update: CSP Annual Research Summary 2022-23

24 January 2025

This is the draft CSP Annual Research Summary 2022-23 and includes observed protected species interaction data analysis. It covers 1 July 2022 to 30 June 2023.

• DRAFT CSP Annual Research Summary 2022-23 (PDF, 1,491K)

Comments are sought until 14 February 2025 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.