2017 CSP meetings and project updates
Introduction
Find the agenda, minutes, reports and presentations for the 2017 meetings of the Conservation Services Programme.Get information on this page about these 2017 meetings:
- CSP Research Advisory Group Meeting 7 December 2017
- CSP Technical Working Group 27 July 2017
- AEWG & CSP Technical Working Group 8 June 2017
- CSP Technical Working Group 24 May 2017
- CSP Technical Working Group 16 March 2017
- CSP Technical Working Group and Research Advisory Group 1 March 2017
CSP Research Advisory Group Meeting
7 December 2017
Time: 1:00pm
Place: G0.1 Conservation House, 18-32 Manners St, Wellington
Chair: Kris Ramm
Terms of reference: CSP RAG Terms of Reference (PDF, 55K)
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 251K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 893K)
Resources
- CSP RAG slides 7 December 2017 (PDF, 3,799K)
- Draft Annual Research Summary 2016-17 (PDF, 925K)
- CSP Strategic Statement (PDF, 222K)
- CSP Research Advisory Group resources
CSP project update - POP2017-06: Indirect effects on seabirds in north-east North Island region - Draft Methodology Report
30 November 2017
This is the draft methodology report for POP2017-06: reporting on milestone 1 of this project
This project was presented on at the CSP TWG on the 7 December 2017. Comments are sought until 5 pm Friday 21 December 2017 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz
CSP project update - MIT2015-01: Seabird Liaison Surface Longline Fleet Programme - Draft Final Report for year 3: 2016-17
23 November 2017
This is the draft final annual report for MIT2015-01: Seabird Liaison Surface Longline Fleet Programme
This project was presented on at the CSP TWG on the 27 July 2017. Comments are sought until 5 pm Wednesday 7 December 2017 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz
CSP project update - INT2015-03 Identification and storage of cold-water corals - Draft Final Annual Report
22 November 2017
This is the draft final annual report for INT2015-03 Identification and storage of cold-water corals
- Draft Final Annual Report - INT2015-03 Identification and storage of cold-water corals (PDF, 2,106K)
This methodology of this project was presented at the CSP TWG on the 16 November 2016. Comments are sought until 5pm, Monday 4 December 2017 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz
CSP project update - INT2015-03 Identification and storage of cold-water corals - Progress Report
18 August 2017
This is the draft final annual report for INT2015-03 Identification and storage of cold-water corals
This methodology of this project was presented at the CSP TWG on the 16 November 2016. Comments are sought until 5pm, Friday 1 September 2017 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz
CSP project update - POP2016-01:Seabird Population Research, Chatham Islands 2016/17 aerial photographic survey
4 August 2017
This is the draft final report for POP2016-01: Seabird Population Research, Chatham Islands 2016/17 aerial photographic survey
This project was presented at the CSP TWG on the 24 May 2017. Comments are sought until 5pm, Friday 18 August 2017 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz
CSP project update - Hookpod trials
3 August 2017
This is the draft final report for MIT2015-02: Seabird mitigation: small longline vessel trials - Testing the Hookpod-mini in the NZ pelagic longline fishery
This project was presented at the CSP TWG on the 27 July 2017. Comments are sought until 5pm, Thursday 17 August 2017 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
CSP project update - Chatham Island seabird population research
17 July 2017
These are two of the final reports for POP2016-01: Seabird Population research: Chatham Islands 2016-17.
- Final Report - POP2016-01: Chatham Island Mollymawk research on Te Tara Koi Koia (The Pyramid): November 2016 (PDF, 1,974K)
- Final Report - POP2016-01: Motuhara (Forty-Fours) Seabird Research: December 2016 (PDF, 1,348K)
This project was presented at the CSP TWG on the 16 March 2017. Comments are sought until 5pm, Thursday 27 July 2017 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
CSP Technical Working Group
27 July 2017
G0.1 Holloway Room, Conservation House, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington.
Chair: Kris Ramm (DOC)
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 137K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 989K)
CSP TWG presentations:
- POP2015-02: Flesh-footed shearwater: various locations population project - Mike Bell (WMIL)
- Presentation (PDF, 3,900K)
- Demographic work update
- Middle Island population estimate
- Tracking Update
- Presentation (PDF, 3,900K)
- POP2016-05: Yellow-eyed penguin foraging - Mel Young (Otago Uni)
- Hook-pod trials - Dave Goad (Vita Maris)
- Surface longline seabird liaison - Richard Wells (Resourcewise)
AEWG TWG presentations:
- Seabird Capture estimates (Dragonfly)
AEWG & CSP Technical Working Group
8 June 2017
L6 meeting room, Eagle Technology House, 124 Victoria Street Wellington
Chair: Nathan Walker (MPI) & Kris Ramm (DOC)
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 134K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 804K)
AEWG Technical Working Group presentations
- PRO2016-03 Protected species capture estimations, update on progress – Finlay Thompson, Dragonfly
- PRO2016-06 Spatially explicit fisheries risk assessment tool – D’arcy Webber
CSP Technical Working Group presentations
- MIT2015-02 Tori line designs for small longline vessels. Draft Final Report - Dave Goad (Vita Maris)
- MIT2015-01 Seabird bycatch reduction - Dave Goad (Vita Maris)
CSP Technical Working Group
24 May 2017
G0.1 Holloway Room, Conservation House, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington
Chair: Kris Ramm
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 178K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 1,962K)
Non-CSP Technical Working Group presentations
- New Zealand sea lion disease research, Auckland Islands 2016-17 - Sarah Michael
- Southern Buller's albatross at the Snares - Paul Sagar
CSP Technical Working Group presentations
- MIT2016-02: Entanglement of cetaceans in pot/trap lines and setnets and a review of potential mitigation methods - Simon Childerhouse
- POP2016-02: Seabird research: Auckland Islands - White-capped albatross
- Ground component - Graham Parker
- Aerial component - Barry Baker
- POP2016-02: Seabird research: Auckland Islands - Gibson's albatross - Kath Walker & Graeme Elliot
- POP2016-01: Seabird population research: Chatham Islands 2016-17 - Aerial survey - Barry Baker
- INT2016-02: Identification of seabirds captured in New Zealand fisheries - Biz Bell
CSP Technical Working Group Research Updates
- Research update: Light-mantled sooty albatross at the Auckland Islands - Barry Baker & Graham Parker
- Research update: Royal albatross at Enderby Island - Barry Baker
CSP project update - Review of commercial fishery interactions and population information for New zealand basking shark
19 April 2017
This is the draft final report for POP2016-03: Updated basking shark bycatch review.
- Draft Final Report - POP2016-03: Updated basking shark bycatch review (PDF, 1524K)
This report was presented at the CSP TWG on 16 March 2017. Comments are sought until 5 pm 3 May 2017 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
CSP project update - Aerial survey for Gibson's albatross on Adams Island, 2016
18 April 2017
This is the final report for the assessment of aerial census technique for surveying Gibson's albatross on Adams Island, 2016
This report was presented at the CSP TWG on the 10.June 2016. Comments are sought until 5pm 28 April 2017 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.
16 March 2017
G0.1 Holloway Room, Conservation House, 18-32 Manners Street, Wellington
Chair: Ian Angus
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 161K)
Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 1,316K)
CSP Technical Working Group presentations
- INT2016-04: Indirect effects of commercial fishing on Buller's shearwater and red-billed gulls-Chris Gaskin, Peter Frost, Freya Hjorvarsdottir
- Population status and trends of selected seabirds - Draft Report (PDF, 2,704K)
- Procellariiformes associating with shoaling fish schools - northern New Zealand - Draft Report (PDF, 8,830K)
- Fisheries relevant to Buller's shearwater and red-billed gull prey availability in North Eastern North Island - Discussion Paper (PDF, 861K)
- INT2015-04: Black petrel and flesh-footed shearwater foraging behaviour around fishing vessels - Megan Friesen
- POP2016-01 Seabird population research: Chatham Islands 2016-17 - Mike Bell
- INT2016-03: Post release survival of white pointer sharks in New Zealand setnet fisheries - Malcolm Francis
Non-CSP Technical Working Group presentations
- Characterisation of seabird deck strikes - Monique Holmes (DOC)
Non-CSP reports tabled
- Antipodean wandering albatross census and population study 2017
CSP Technical Working Group & Research Advisory Group
1 March 2017
The Terrace Conference Centre House, 114 The Terrace, Wellington.
Chair: Ian Angus, DOC
Terms of reference: CSP RAG Terms of Reference (PDF, 55K)
Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 239K)
Minutes:
CSP TWG (PDF, 463K)
CSP RAG (PDF, 498K)
Resources
- Draft Annual Research Summary 2015-16 (PDF, 1000K)
- CSP Strategic Statement (PDF, 222K)
- CSP Research Advisory Group resources
- Bycatch Reporting 2015/16 (PDF,937K)
- CSP RAG project proposal 2017/18 (PDF, 3,282K)
- Project proposal initial prioritisation (PDF, 336K)
- Draft CSP seabird medium term research plan 2017 (PDF, 2,538K)
Presentations
- POP2016-07 New Zealand Sea Lion: Auckland Islands pup count - Simon Childerhouse (Blue Planet Marine)
- MIT2015-01 Seabird bycatch reduction (small vessel longline) - Richard Wells (Resourcewise)
- non-CSP Project: Fur seals project - Jim Roberts (NIWA)
CSP reports tabled
- POP2016-06: Salvin's albatross Bounty Islands:Methodology development workshop report