2021/22 Conservation Services Programme Reports

Introduction

Conservation Services Programme reports from July 2021 to June 2022.

Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022

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.

Identification of seabirds captured in New Zealand fisheries 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022

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.

Protected species liaison programme 2021/22

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

Chatham Islands seabird population research 2022

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

Flesh-footed shearwater population monitoring and estimates 2021/22

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

Black petrel monitoring on Aotea/Great Barrier Island 2021/2022

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

Octocoral bycatch diversity on the Chatham Rise

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.

Protected coral reproduction

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.

NZ sea lion pup count at the Auckland Islands 2021/22

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

Northern Royal Albatross nesting on the Chatham Islands, February 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.

Cetacean interactions with pot fisheries

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

Seabird feeding associations with fish shoals

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.

Preliminary age estimation of New Zealand white shark

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

Antipodean wandering albatross satellite tracking and population study 2021 and 2022

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.

Review of commercial fishing interactions with marine reptiles

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

Development of bottom longline underwater setting devices

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

Gibson’s albatross and white-capped albatross in the Auckland Islands 2021–22

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.

Antipodes Island seabird research 2021/22

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

Population studies of southern Buller's albatross on The Snares

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

Otago shag breeding population size

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.

Breeding population assessment of kawau pāteketeke/king shag

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

Utilisation of the marine habitat by hoiho/yellow-eyed penguins from Rakiura/Stewart Island

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

Sink rates of line weighting configurations in the snapper longline fishery

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.

Breeding biology of King shags from analysis of field camera images

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,