Celebrating a Win for Inclusivity and Diversity
Media Release Celebrating a win for inclusivity and diversity Sealord is celebrating its win at the 2022 Primary Industries Good Employer awards hosted in Wellington by the Minister of Agriculture last night (29 June). A major employer in the Nelson region, Sealord won the ‘Inclusive & Diverse Workplace’ category in recognition of the company’s efforts […]
Fish Quota Management Paired with Seamounts Count
Media Release Sealord said today that its ‘Seamounts Count’ proposal to protect seamount marine life could become a twin policy of the world-leading 35-year-old Fish Quota Management System. The Quota Management System (QMS) uses fish biology, abundance, and distribution research to estimate how many fish stocks can be caught while still keeping the population healthy. […]
Sealord Plan to Close Seamounts in New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone
Credit: NZ Herald OPINION Seamounts are undersea mountains that rise at least 1000m off the seafloor. Collectively, they form the largest wildlife habitat on Earth, covering more of the Earth’s surface than rainforests, deserts or tundra. Fish congregate on the slopes of seamounts, as do corals and crustaceans. These are regions of high productivity due […]
Sealord Announces “Breakthrough” Plan for Fishing Seamounts
Media Release He waka eke noaA waka we are all in with no exception Nelson-based fishing company Sealord is proposing that 89% of known seamounts in New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) be placed into conservation. The plan, which it has named “Seamounts Count”, will mean at least 127 of the 142 known seamounts will […]
Fisheries Group Opposes Ban on Bottom Trawling of Seamounts
Credit: StuffNZ “Misinformation” about trawling on seamounts painted an incorrect picture of the practice, says a deepwater seafood industry group. The Deepwater Group made a submission to Parliament’s environment select committee this week. In August the committee heard from the Deep-Sea Conservation Coalition about the destructive impact of bottom trawling in New Zealand waters. It […]
High Tech Future of Fishing
Credit: StuffNZ Nelson-based Sealord believes an advanced analytics project it has been working on with tech giant Datacom will lead to more sustainable commercial fishing in the future. The Advanced Fishing Analytics project brings together historical fishing data with satellite environmental data and real-time sensor readings from fishing vessels to more accurately predict where to […]
Molly the Fur Seal Thriving After Being Nursed Back to Health
Credit: 1news When Molly came to Mana Stratton in September, she was just 5.8kg and almost unresponsive. “When she came to me I think I gave her about a 10 or at best 20 per cent survival rate,” Stratton said. At nearly two years old, it’s thought Molly was struggling after leaving her mum for the […]
Sealord Accepts Foodstuffs North Island Product Range Proposal
Sealord has finished negotiations with Foodstuffs North Island and accepted a proposal about its frozen fish category. Sealord was not able to meet Foodstuff’s margin requirements, therefore the number of Sealord products in Foodstuffs North Island will decrease by around 50-70% in mid-November. Sealord’s frozen fish range of around 24 products in New World and […]
Help for Maori to Access Health Services
Credit: StuffNZ Accessing health and wellbeing services in the Nelson region has just become easier for Te Piki Oranga clients, after a helping hand from global seafood company Sealord. Nelson-based Sealord is Te Tauihu Māori health and wellness provider Te Piki Oranga’s first corporate sponsor. Sealord is contributing $4000 annually for the next three years […]
Turning the Ship Around – Sealord on Embedded Sustainability
Credit: The Aotearoa Circle I remember as a kid going out with my dad on the fishing boat Da Vinci. We left Riverton, dad was in the wheelhouse, and I was in the bow (without a lifejacket), and off we went into the wild blue yonder of Foveaux Strait. At the time we didn’t have […]
