Sealord Recycling Fishing Nets
Less plastic to landfill with new recycling scheme A new initiative by Sealord and Motueka Nets will see tonnes of expired nylon fishing nets diverted from landfill each year, and instead repurposed to create products such as ropes used in mussel farming. Motueka Nets staff dismantle the nets, removing the hardware and steel chains for […]
Selective Fishing is the Name of the Game
Selective fishing is the name of the game Sealord is launching its updated fishing game app Perfect Catch for World Oceans Day on 8 June. The free educational game is designed for the young, and the young at heart, to give them a feel for a skipper’s job of fishing selectively and sustainably. Perfect Catch […]
Celebrating Seafood – Our People, Produce and Place
Nelson’s festival quarter at the top of Trafalgar Street is set to host the inaugural Seafood Saturday on 25 March. Brought to you by Seafood New Zealand, the event is a celebration of kaimoana from sea to table – the people, places and products – and the Nelson event will set the scene for Seafood […]
New Chair for Sealord Board
Media Release Sealord Group Limited has announced that Jamie Tuuta has been selected as the company’s new Board chair from 1 April 2023, replacing current Sealord chairman Whaimutu Dewes when he retires from the Board on 31 March. Whaimutu, of Ngāti Porou and Ngati Rangitihi descent, is a former chair of Moana New Zealand and […]
Sealord Seeking Accommodation for Overseas Workers on Government’s Seafood Process Worker Scheme
Sealord has been allocated 180 seafood processing visas for overseas workers to fill labour shortages in its wetfish factory in Nelson, however the company needs assistance to find suitable accommodation given the acute housing shortage. The visa allocation is part of the Government’s new seafood sector agreement that provides 600 visas for seafood process workers […]
Sealord’s Charity Car Show – Pride and Joy at the Port
Bring your treasured wheels – classic, vintage, modern, hot rod, muscle car or motorcycle – or just come along for the rare opportunity to see a large, private collection of classic cars in a showroom. Sealord supervisor Graeme Blincoe and manager Adrian McGillan are organising the Sealord Charity Car Show, on Sunday, 27 November. The […]
Most Green Voters Don’t Support Ban on Bottom Trawling
5 September 2022 Media Statement Most Green voters don’t support ban on bottom trawling A survey shows just 7%, or 15,872 Green Party voters, support a complete ban on bottom trawling, which is almost the same number of people who ‘signed’ the Party’s recent open letter to the Oceans and Fisheries Minister, calling for the […]
Poll Shows Kiwis Support Sustainable Seamount Fishing
Media Release 29 August 2022 Poll shows Kiwis support sustainable seamount fishing A nationwide poll found that 61% of New Zealanders support Sealord’s proposal to protect 89% of seamounts from bottom trawling in New Zealand’s EEZ. Sealord commissioned an independent, nationally representative poll by Curia Research (attached in full) which asked: To balance the competing priorities of conservation and food […]
Sealord’s SoS to Office Staff for Factory Floor as Labour Crisis Hits Hoki Season
Credit: NZ Herald Seafood exporter Sealord will take a $5 million loss in its Nelson wet fish processing factory this hoki season because of a “massive” worker shortage. The company has asked Nelson and Auckland office staff to volunteer to work in the factory which is about 300 workers short of the labour force needed to […]
Vox Pops Signal Kiwis Accept Seamount Fishing When Sustainable
Media Release An informal canvas of public opinions by a video crew on the streets of Kapiti and Lower Hutt found support for sustainable fishing on seamounts, rather than the total ban of bottom trawling proposed by anti-fishing campaigners. Sealord commissioned an independent camera crew to ask opinions of anyone they came across over a […]
