2021/22 Conservation Services Programme Reports

This report outlines the research carried out through the Conservation Services Programme Annual Plan 2021-22, and provides updates on multi-year projects started in previous years. Published April 2024.

This the annual report for INT2020-02 Identification of marine mammals captured in New Zealand fisheries in 2021/22 (1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022). Published September 2023.

This is the final report for Part A (underwater line setter development) of MIT2021-03: Methods to increase the sink rate of hooks in small bottom longline fisheries. Published September 2023.

This is the final annual report for INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022. Published July 2023.

This is the final annual report for INT2019-02: Identification of seabirds captured in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022. Published July 2023.

This report summarises the outcomes of the Protected Species Liaison Programme for the 2021-22 fishing year (1 Oct 2021 – 30 Sept 2022), including a summary of the inshore and HMS fleets’ adherence to Protected Species Risk Management Plans. Published May 2023

This is the final report for POP2021-03 Seabird population research: Chatham Islands. Published December 2022.

These are the final reports for POP2021-04 Flesh-footed shearwater population monitoring. Published November 2022.

These are the final reports for POP2021-01: Black petrel research (land and at-sea captures). Published October 2022.

This is the final report for project BCBC2020-26: Octocoral bycatch diversity on the Chatham Rise, which focuses on the diversity of octocorals in the family Primnoidae that have been collected through research trawl or bycatch on the Chatham Rise. This project builds upon INT2019-05: Coral biodiversity in deep water fisheries bycatch. Published September 2022.

This is the final report for project BCBC2020-01: Protected coral reproduction, which includes a literature review of reproductive biology of New Zealand corals, and describes in situ spawning of the coral Goniocorella dumosa. Published 2021.

This is the final report for POP2018-03 New Zealand sea lion: Auckland Islands pup count. Published September 2022.

Read more about the aerial census of Northern Royal Albatross in the Chatham Islands in February 2022. This report was prepared by Peter Frost and is supplementary to POP2021-03 Seabird population research: Chatham Islands. It is an aerial census of the northern royal albatross, involving photographs taken from a fixed wing aircraft and counted, and comparison of plots on Motuhara with ground counts and drone imagery. Published September 2022.

This is the final report for MIT2021-02: Cetacean interactions with pot fisheries. Published August 2022.

This is the final report for BCBC2020-08: Seabird feeding associations with fish shoals, summarising analysis of zooplankton samples collected 2020-21. Published August 2022.

This is the final report for POP2021-05: Preliminary age estimation of New Zealand white shark.

Read more about the satellite tracking and population study of Antipodean wandering albatross on Antipodes Island in 2021 and 2022. This report was prepared by Albatross Research and did not form a part of the Conservation Services Programme.  Published August 2022.

This is the final report for INT2021-03: Review of commercial fishing interactions with marine reptiles. Published July 2022.

This is the final report for BCBC2020-11b: Development of bottom longline underwater setting devices. Published July 2022.

Read the report on mark-recapture methods and findings for Gibson’s albatross and white-capped albatross in the Auckland Islands in 2021 and 2022. Published July 2022.

These are the final reports for POP2019-03: Antipodes Island seabird research by Albatross Research. Published July 2022.

This is the final annual report for POP2019-04: Population studies of southern Buller's albatross on The Snares, by NIWA. Published June 2022.

This is the final annual report for Part A (Otago shag) of POP2021-07: Otago/Foveaux shag breeding population, by Parker Conservation. Published June 2022.

This is the final report for project BCBC2020-05a: Kawau pāteketeke/king shag population census by Toroa Consulting. Published June 2022.

This is the final report for POP2020-05: Hoiho tracking Rakiura/Stewart Island. Published April 2022.

This is the final report for BCBC2021-03: Measuring sink rates of a range of line weighting configurations in the snapper longline fishery. Published April 2022.

This report covers DOC-funded research on the nationally endangered king shag (Leucocarbo carunculatus), a rare diving seabird endemic to the Marlborough Sounds. Published February 2022,