Aquatic Environment and Biodiversity Annual Review 2012

AEBAR 2012: Appendices: Past projects
PROTECTED SPECIES continued
Project Code Project Title Specific Objectives Status Citation/s
IPA2006-13 Identification of Marine
Mammals Captured in
New Zealand Fisheries
PRO2006-01 Data collection of
demographic,
distributional and trophic
information on selected
seabird species to allow
estimation of effects of
fishing on population
viability
PRO2006-02 Modelling of the effects of
fishing on the population
viability of selected
seabirds
PRO2006-04 Estimation of the nature
and extent of incidental
captures of seabirds in
New Zealand commercial
fisheries
PRO2006-05 Estimating the nature and
extent of marine mammal
captures in New Zealand
commercial fisheries
1. To determine, through examination of returned marine mammal carcasses,
the species, sex, reproductive status, and age-class of marine mammals
returned from New Zealand fisheries.
2. To detail any injuries and, where possible, the cause of mortality of marine
mammals returned from New Zealand fisheries, and examine relationships
between injuries and body condition, breeding status, and other associated
demographic characteristics.
1 To gather demographic, distributional and dietary information on selected
seabird species to allow assessment of effects of fishing on population viability.
1. Model the effects of fisheries mortalities on population viability compared with
other sources of mortality or trophic effects of fishing
2. Examine the overlap of fishing activity with species distribution at sea for
different stages of the breeding and life-cycle and for different sexes, and assess
the likely risk to species or populations from fisheries (by target species fisheries,
fishing methods, area and season) in the New Zealand EEZ
1. To estimate the nature and extent of captures and warp-strikes of seabirds
in New Zealand fisheries for the fishing year 2005/06.
1. To estimate and report the total numbers, releases and deaths of marine
mammals where possible by species, fishery and fishing method, caught in
commercial fisheries for the years 1990 to the end of the fishing year 2005/06.
2. To analyse factors affecting the probability of fur seal captures for the years
1990 to the end of the fishing year 2005/06.
3. To classify fishing areas, seasons and fishing methods into different risk
categories in relation to the probability of marine mammal incidental captures for
the years from 1990 through to the end of the fishing year 2005/06.
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Completed Roe 2009b
Completed Sagar & Thompson 2008;
Sagar et al. 2009a; b; 2010a;
b; c; Baker et al. 2008; 2009;
2010
Completed Francis & Bell 2010; Francis
2012
Completed Baird & Smith 2008
Completed Mormede et al. 2008; Baird
2008a; 2008b; Smith & Baird
2009; Smith & Baird 2011;
Baird 2011.