Fisheries Infosite

Species


33 items
Category Environmental impacts
Effects on other species
New Zealand sea lion accidental capture (squid trawling). details
Effects on other species
Fur seal accidental capture (middle-depth trawling) details
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Fur seals accidental capture (inshore trawling). details
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Fur seal entanglements in set nets details
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Bottlenose, Dusky and Common dolphin entanglements in set nets. details
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Common dolphin accidental capture in jack mackerel fishery. details
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Bottlenose, Dusky and Common dolphin accidental capture (inshore trawling). details
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Hector's and Maui dolphins entanglements in set nets. details
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Hector's and Maui dolphins accidental capture (inshore trawling). details
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Seabird entanglements in set nets. details
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Seabird interactions (and their accidental capture) with bottom longline fishing vessels details
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Seabird interactions (and their accidental capture) with surface longline fishing vessels details
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Seabird interactions with inshore trawlers. details
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Seabird interactions with deepwater (offshore) trawlers details
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Seabird interactions with scampi trawlers. details
Effects on other species
Shags becoming trapped in baited pots. details
Fishing effects on habitat
Bottom trawling effects on sea bed habitats details
Fishing effects on habitat
Bottom (inshore) trawling effects on sea bed habitats details
Fishing effects on habitat
Dredging (scallops) in the Nelson fishery details
Fishing effects on habitat
Dredging (oysters) in the Foveaux Strait details
Fishing effects on habitat
Dredge fishing details
Effects on ecosystem
Predator - prey unbalances within an ecosystem details
Animal Welfare Issue
Live shark fin removal details
Effect on other species
Surface longline - Shark bycatch details
Effects on other species
Scampi trawling bycatch details
Fishing effects on habitat
Mechanical harvesting of inter-tidal shellfish details
fishing effects on habitat
Mechanical harvesting of surf clams details
Effects on other species
Occasional turtle entanglements in surface longlines details
Habitat
Sedimentation and smothering. Muds and silts washed down into the nearshore area details
Habitat
Eutrophication. High nutrient levels can cause 'blooms' of phytoplankton and algae. details
Habitat
Heavy metal pollution details
Effects on other species
Potting (Deepwater crabs) - Occasional whale and dolphin entanglements. details
Effects on other species
Potting (Red rock lobster) occasional whale and dolphin entanglements details