2023 CSP meetings and project updates

Get information on this page about these 2023 meetings:

• CSP Research Advisory Group 1 March 2024
• CSP Technical Working Group 12 October 2023
• CSP Technical Working Group 5 September 2023
• CSP Technical Working Group 11 July 2023
• CSP Technical Working Group 6 July 2023
• CSP Technical Working Group 8 June 2023
• CSP Technical Working Group 19 May 2023
• CSP Technical Working Group 26 April 2023
• CSP Technical Working Group 9 March 2023
• CSP Research Advisory Group 28 February 2023

CSP Research Advisory Group Resources 2024/25

Terms of reference:CSP RAG Terms of Reference (PDF, 55K)

RAG Resources:

• CSP Research Advisory Group information
• CSP Strategic Statement (PDF, 341K)
• DRAFT CSP Annual Research Summary 2022-23 (PDF, 838K)
• Medium Term Research Plans: 
  • DRAFT CSP Protected Coral Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 694K)
  • CSP Seabird Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 294K)
  • CSP Marine Mammal Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 210K)
  • CSP Protected Fish Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 426K)
  • CSP Sea Turtle Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 111K) 
• Bycatch project longlist 2024-25 (PDF, 133K)

Comments are sought on the updated Medium Term Research Plans and Draft Annual Research Summary 2022-23, noting that there are no updates to the CSP Medium Term Research Plans for Seabirds, Protected Fishes, Marine Mammals, or Sea Turtles since last year.

Project update: INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2022 – 31 December 2022

5 December 2023

This is a quarterly report for INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries. It covers captures from 1 July 2022-31 December 2022. 

• INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, Jul 2022 - Dec 2022 (PDF, 411K)

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

12 October 2023

Online teams meeting

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 50K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 172K)

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• Information for the Public about seabird bycatch in NZ commercial fisheries - FNZ seabird bycatch dashboard (SST and FNZ) 
  • Presentation (PDF, 1,187K)
  • Draft report (PDF, 1,215K)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 27 October 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

Project update: POP2022-03: Deep sea protected coral reproduction study

18 September 2023

This is an annual progress report for POP2022-03: Deep sea protected coral reproduction study. 

• POP2022-03: Deep sea protected coral reproduction study - Year 1 progress report (PDF, 2,311K)

Project update: INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2022 – 30 September 2022

15 August 2023

This is a quarterly report for INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries. It covers captures from 1 July 2022- 30 September 2022. 

• INT2022-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, Jul 2022 - Sept 2022 (PDF, 350K)

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

5 September 2023

Online teams meeting

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 50K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 233K)

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• POP2022-04 Deep diving into decades of uncatalogued corals (NIWA) 
  • Draft report (PDF, 5,223K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 3,909K)
• MIT2022-02 Barriers to mitigation uptake (The Navigators) 
  • Draft report (PDF, 7,964K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 1,303K)
• MIT2023-07 Novel seabird bycatch mitigation for floated demersal longline fisheries: project scoping (DOC) 
  • Presentation (1,162K)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 27 September 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

11 July 2023

Online teams meeting

Chair: Igor Debski 

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 89K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 212K)

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• POP2021-03 Trail-camera assessment of the fates of Northern Royal Albatross and Northern Buller’s Mollymawk chicks: 2021 breeding season, Motuhara
• Draft report (PDF, 3,004K)
• Presentation (PDF, 2,958K)
• POP2019-04 Southern Buller’s albatross: Snares/Tini Heke population project (NIWA) 
  • Draft report (PDF, 483K)
• POP2022-05/06 Albatross research on Chathams (Toroa Consulting/Science Support Service/DOC) 
  • Draft report - Northern Buller's (PDF, 5,110K)
  • Field report - Motuhara seabird research field trip Dec 2022 (PDF, 182K)
  • Presentation Motuhara (PDF, 4,921K)
• POP2022-01 Black petrel monitoring (WMIL) 
  • Preliminary report (PDF, 732K)
  • Draft report - Black petrel GBI monitoring (PDF, 2,471K)
  • Draft report - At sea monitoring (PDF, 1,526K)
• POP2021-04 Flesh-footed shearwater population monitoring (WMIL) 
  • Preliminary report - Ohinau Island (PDF, 681K)
• POP2021-08 Assessment of causes of low burrow occupancy rates in Westland petrels/POP2022-07 Westland petrel foraging movements and diving behaviour (DOC) 
  • Draft progress report (PDF, 1,934K)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 26 July 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

6 July 2023

Online teams meeting

Chair: Katie Clemens-Seely

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 49K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 102K)

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• INT2019-04 Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch 1 July 2021 - 30 June 2022 (NIWA) 
  • Presentation (PDF, 2,281K)
• INT2022-06 Distribution and abundance of marine mammals observed around fishing vessels: proposed approach (Dragonfly) 
  • Presentation (PDF, 1,748K) 
• POP2022-03 Deep-sea protected coral reproduction study (NIWA) 
  • Presentation PDF, 2,879K)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 21 July 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

8 June 2023

Online teams meeting

Chair: Katie Clemens-Seely

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 87K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 272K)

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• MIT2022-07 Inshore trawl warp mitigation (Proteus)
  • Draft report (PDF. 2,444K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 1,487K)
• INT2021-02 Characterisation of protected coral interactions (Proteus) 
  • Draft report (PDF, 28,827K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 1,841K)
• INT2022-05 Determining the resilience of Fiordland corals to fisheries impacts (Victoria University) 
  • Draft report (PDF. 4,233K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 32,009K)
• MIT2021-03 Methods for increasing sink rates for bottom longline (Vita Maris)
  • Draft report (PDF. 2,059K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 2,860K)
• MIT2022-06 Light mitigation: reducing vessel interactions with seabirds (Vita Maris)
  • Draft report (PDF. 1,026K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 1,761K)
• POP2021-07 Foveaux shag census (Parker Conservation) 
  • Draft report (PDF, 1,666K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 3,752K) 
• POP2022-10 Antipodes Island seabird research: Antipodean albatross and white-chinned petrel (Parker Conservation)  
  • Draft report - White-chinned petrel (PDF, 2,119K)
  • Draft report - Antipodean albatross (PDF, 2,731K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 9,569K)
• POP2022-08 Auckland Islands seabird research: Gibson's and white-capped albatross (Albatross Research) 
  • Draft report - Gibson's albatross (PDF, 2,225K)
  • Draft report - White-capped albatross (PDF, 2,283K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 7,304K)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 23 June 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

19 May 2023

Online teams meeting

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 86K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 204K)

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• POP2022-09 Auckland Islands New Zealand sea lions (DOC) 
  • Draft report (2,557K)
  • Presentation (6,866K)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 6 June 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

26 April 2023

Online teams meeting

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 86K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 195K)

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• POP2021-02 Identification of protected coral hotspots using species distribution modelling (NIWA)
  • Presentation (PDF, 4,419K)
• POP2022-11 Campbell Island seabird research (DOC) 
  • Draft report (PDF, 1,634K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 6,151K)

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 11 May 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

Project update: MIT2021-01: Protected species liaison project 2021-22

13 April 2023

This is the draft annual report for MIT2021-01 Protected species liaison project. It covers the 2021-22 fishing year from 1 Oct 2021 - 30 September 2022. 

• MIT2021-01: Protected species liaison project, Oct 2021 - Sept 2022 (PDF, 1,206K)

Comments are sought until 5 pm, 27 April 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz

CSP Technical Working Group Meeting

9 March 2023

Online teams meeting

Chair: Lyndsey Holland

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 107K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 211K)

CSP online meeting guidelines (PDF, 105K)

Presentations:

• MIT2022-05 Large vessel trawl warp mitigation (Dragonfly Science)
  • Presentation (PDF,  642K)
• MIT2022-04 Bait retention as a driver to mitigation use in the surface longline fishery (Proteus) 
  • Draft report (PDF,  1,203K)
  • Presentation (PDF, 783K

Following the TWG, additional comments will be sought until 5 pm, 24 March 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

CSP Research Advisory Group Meeting

28 February 2023

Online teams meeting

Terms of reference: CSP RAG Terms of Reference (PDF, 150K)

Chair: Kris Ramm

Agenda: Agenda (PDF, 151K)

Minutes: Minutes (PDF, 201K)

RAG Resources:

• CSP Research Advisory Group information
• CSP Strategic Statement (PDF, 341K)
• DRAFT CSP Annual Research Summary 2021-22 (PDF, 653K) - to be finalised mid 2023
• Medium Term Research Plans: 
  • CSP Marine Mammal Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 210K)
  • CSP Protected Fish Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 426K)
  • CSP Sea Turtle Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 111K) 
  • CSP Protected Coral Medium Term Research Plan (PDF, 251K)
• CSP RAG Project Proposals 2023-24 (PDF, 278K)
• CSP Project Initial Prioritisation 2023-24 (PDF, 37K)
• CSP Project Initial Prioritisation 2023-24 (XLS, 15K)

Additional feedback from the CSP RAG will be sought until 5pm, 15 March 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.

Project update: CSP Annual Research Summary 2020-21

21 February 2023

This is the draft CSP Annual Research Summary 2020-21. It covers 1 July 2020 to 30 June 2021.

• DRAFT CSP Annual Research Summary 2020-21 (PDF, 1,041K)

Comments are sought until 8 March 2023 and should be sent to csp@doc.govt.nz.   

Project update: INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water coral bycatch specimens, 1 July 2021 – 31 December 2021

10 January 2023

This is a six monthly progress report for INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water bycatch specimens from 1 July to 31 December 2021. 

• INT2019-04: Identification and storage of cold-water bycatch specimens, Jul-Dec 2021 (PDF, 1,588K)

Project update: INT2019-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, 1 July 2021 – 31 March 2022

10 January 2023

This is a quarterly report for INT2019-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries. It covers captures from 1 July 2021-31 March 2022. 

• INT2019-02: Identification of seabirds captured at sea in New Zealand fisheries, Jul 2021-Mar 2022 (PDF, 479K)