2012/13 Conservation Services Programme reports

This report outlines the research carried out through the Conservation Services Programme Annual Plan 2012/13, and provides updates on multi-year projects started in previous years. Published December 2014.

This report describes the findings from a study on line-weighting in New Zealand's inshore surface-longline fishery. Published January 2015.

This report assesses the current mitigation techniques for both marine mammal and seabird capture employed in set net fisheries both domestically and internationally and makes recommendations as to their applicability to the New Zealand situation. Published December 2014.

Read about the identification of seabirds captured in NZ fisheries for the 2012/13 year (1 July 2012 - 30 June 2013). Published June 2014.

This report describes the results of population estimates and trend analysis of Campbell and grey-headed albatross at Campbell Island. Published July 2014.

This report describes the results of a study on the feeding ecology of Pitt Island shags at the Chatham Islands, undertaken during the 2012/2013 breeding season. Published December 2013.

This report describes the results of continued population monitoring of Black Petrels at Great Barrier Island, undertaken during the 2012/2013 breeding season. Published November 2013.

This report describes the population trend of Salvin's albatross at the Bounty Islands 1997-2011. Published January 2013.

This report investigates methods for reducing net captures of seabirds in the inshore bottom longline fishermen in the Hauraki Gulf. Published September 2013.

These reports describe the results of ongoing population monitoring of New Zealand sea lions at the Auckland islands. This is the final report for the 2012/13 year. Published July 2013.

This report describes the results of continued population monitoring of Gibson's albatross at Adams Island, Auckland Islands, undertaken in early 2013. Published July 2013.

The report describes the results from aerial surveys in 2011/12 and 2012/13 to investigate the population size and trend of white-capped albatross at the Auckland Islands. Published July 2013.