Mahuru 2008
Issue 15

  1. Te Ohu Kaimoana supports changes to Fisheries Act
  2. New online fisheries information
  3. Touch of the wing tip
  4. Taranaki iwi receive remainder of settlement assets
  5. The future is in our hands
  6. Crown reviews delivery of aquaculture settlement to Maori
  7. AFL increases ownership in abalone
  8. China opportunities explored
  9. Kahawai catches to be reviewed next year
  10. AFL moves to Auckland
  11. AFL reports good half-year profit
  12. Sealord vessel forfeiture unnecessary
  13. Te Ohu hopeful of Bluenose reduction
  14. Seals eating fish species, study shows
  15. Rock lobster negotiations fail as recreational fishers leave the table
  16. Aust aquaculture meeting attended by Maori

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Seals eating fish species, study shows

A study completed by the Department of Conservation shows that seals in Tasman Bay around the Tonga Island Marine Reserve eat primarily anchovy, pilchard, jack mackerel and squid. The study analysed seal faeces and 15 regurgitations collected in winter and spring of 2007 and was carried out by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA). Blue moki and especially blue cod have increased in abundance and size since Tonga Island Marine Reserve was established in 1993, DOC says. Studying faeces, however, doesn’t indicate the amounts of fish that are eaten by seals.

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Protecting Māori fisheries assets for future generations