The scientists and marine experts below support a
zero bycatch goal for New Zealand’s protected marine species.
Currently protected species bycatch is treated as regrettable, but inevitable. We are told that protected, threatened, or endangered dolphins, sea lions, penguins, albatross, and many other animals have to die if we are to eat seafood. This approach is not working. The people named below are marine experts. They and Forest & Bird want better policy, stronger commitment, and an end to the preventable deaths of New Zealand’s protected marine animals in commercial fishing nets and on lines and hooks. You can download Forest & Bird’s ‘Pathway to Zero Bycatch’ here to learn more about how we can get to Zero Bycatch.
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Professor Dave Kelly
Population ecologist
University of Canterbury
Ms Karen Baird
Threatened and Migratory Species Advisor
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP)
Dr Klaus Bosselmann
Professor of Law
NZ Centre for Environmental Law,
University of Auckland
Dr Thomas Trnski
Head of Natural Sciences
Auckland Museum
Dr Adrian Fowler
Director
National Aquarium of New Zealand
Dr Michelle LaRue
Polar marine ecologist
University of Canterbury
Dr Will Rayment
Marine Scientist
University of Otago
Dr Kat Bolstad
Marine Biologist
Auckland University of Technology
Professor Andrew Jeffs
Marine Scientist
University of Auckland
Dr Steve O'Shea
Research Associate
Australian Museum
Dr Leigh Torres
Marine megafauna ecology & conservation
Marine Mammal Institute, Oregon State University
Assoc. Professor Siouxsie Wiles
Microbiologist
University of Auckland
Assoc. Professor Catherine Iorns
Law professor
Victoria University of Wellington
Mr Chris Gaskin
Founding member and Project Coordinator
Northern New Zealand Seabird Trust
Dr Stephanie Borrelle
Conservation Scientist
University of Toronto
Professor Graham Edgar
Senior Marine Ecologist
University of Tasmania
Ms Nicole Bransome
Researcher, Protecting Antarctica's Southern Ocean
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Prof Stephen Dawson
Head of Department of Marine Science
University of Otago
Professor Elisabeth Slooten
Marine Scientist
University of Otago
Professor Abigail Smith
Marine Geochemist
University of Otago
Assoc. Professor Bruce Robertson
Wildlife Scientist
University of Otago
Professor Michael Lueck
Professor of (Coastal & Marine) Tourism
University of Auckland
Professor Mark Costello
Marine ecologist
University of Auckland
Miss Lucy Coyle
Marine scientist
University of Otago
Dr Paul Broady
Microbiologist
University of Canterbury (retired)