2019/20 Conservation Services Programme Reports

This is the final report for INT2019-03: Characterisation of marine mammal interactions. Published 2022.

This report outlines the research carried out through the Conservation Services Programme Annual Plan 2019-20, and provides updates on multi-year projects started in previous years. Published 2021.

This is the final report for INT2018-04: Improving the collection of data and samples from bycaught basking sharks. Published 2021.

This is the final annual report for INT2019-02: Identification of seabirds captured in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2019- 30 June 2020. Published 2021.

This is the final annual report for INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch. Published 2021.

This is the final annual report for MIT2017-01: Protected species liaison project 2019/20. Published 2021.

This is the final report for BCBC2019-07c: Stakeholder engagement in assessment of recreational fisheries bycatch of marine protected species. Published 2020.

This is the final report for MIT2019-04: Optimum batching interval for discharge management on vessels in the scampi fishery. Published 2020.

This is the final report for drone-based Salvin's albatross population assessment at the Bounty Islands. Published 2020.

This is the final report for INT2019-05: Coral biodiversity in deep-water fisheries bycatch. Published 2020.

This is the final report for counts of seabirds around commercial fishing vessels within New Zealand waters, 2007/08 - 2018/19. Published 2020.

This is the final report for POP2018-06: Protected coral connectivity in New Zealand. Published 2020.

This is the final report for INT2019-06: Post-release survival of seabirds. Published 2020.

This is the final annual report for POP2018-04: Flesh-footed shearwater population monitoring 2019/20. Published 2020.

These are the final reports for BCBC2019-03: Seabird population research, Campbell Island 2019/20. Published 2020.

This is the final report for POP2019-01: Investigation of electronic device options to assess distribution, diving and foraging behaviour of Hector's dolphin. Published 2020.

This is the final report for MIT2019-01: Dolphin acoustic deterrent device mitigation in inshore fisheries. Published 2020.

This is the final report for one component of BCBC2019-05: Understanding potential interactions and indirect effects between commercial fisheries and NZ king shag. Additional research on dietary and population trends is still underway. Published 2020.

This is the final report for POP2017-04: Seabird population research, Auckland Islands 2019/20. Published 2020.

This is the final report for BCBC2018-01: Development of underwater line setters for use in bottom longline fisheries. Published 2020.

This is the first annual report for POP2019-04: Southern Buller's albatross Snares/Tini Heke population project. Published 2020.

This is the final report for POP2017-03: Salvin's albatross Bounty Islands population project. Published 2020.

This is the final report for MIT2019-02: Review of mitigation techniques to reduce benthic impacts of trawling. Published 2020.

This is the final report for POP2018-01: Improved habitat suitability modelling for protected corals in New Zealand waters. Published 2020.

This report describes the results of ongoing population monitoring of New Zealand sea lions at the Auckland Islands. This is the final report for the 2019/20 year. Published 2020.

This is the final report for POP2019-05: NZ fur seal population assessment, Bounty Islands. Published 2020.

This the annual report on the identification of marine mammals captured in New Zealand fisheries in 2019/20 (1 July 2019 - 30 June 2020). Published 2021.

Read the report on antipodean albatross spatial distribution and fisheries overlap 2019. Published 2020.

Read the report on the Antipodean wandering albatross satellite tracking and population study 2020. Published 2020.