1586 (2024). Darleen Tana to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries

1586 (2024). Darleen Tana to the Minister for Oceans and Fisheries: How many captures of seabirds and turtles, if any, have been reported by surface longline vessels since they received onboard cameras, and how do those reports compare with the same time period for the previous fishing year when those vessels had no cameras onboard?

Hon Shane Jones: The tables below show reporting of captures of seabirds and turtles by surface longline vessels in the period since on-board cameras were installed, and how it compared to the same period last year. Date range Species Number (fisher reported) 16 January 2023 – 4 March 2023 Seabirds 66 16 January 2024 – 4 March 2024 Seabirds 112 Date range Species Number (fisher reported) 16 January 2023 – 4 March 2023 Turtles 5 16 January 2024 – 4 March 2024 Turtles 4 I am also advised that Fisheries New Zealand models overall estimates of seabird captures from a range of data sources, and these figures remain in line with those estimates.