Southern Seabird Solutions Trust
CONSERVATION THROUGH COOPERATION
Southern Seabird Solutions empowers fishermen to make a difference.
By using role-models to champion new attitudes and behaviours, we encourage and support fishermen in New Zealand and around the world to adopt responsible fishing practices to avoid the death and injury of seabirds in the southern hemisphere.
We are an innovative alliance that includes representatives from the seafood industry, environmental groups, the government and Maori organisations who take a cooperative approach to seabird conservation.
Our website will tell you about the work we do in New Zealand and internationally to find solutions to seabird bycatch, to educate people about this issue and to inspire them to get involved and act in a ‘seabird smart’ manner.
The Southern Seabird Solutions Trust is supported financially by the Department of Conservation, and the fishing industry through the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council and the Deepwater Group Ltd. The Trust is also supported by WWF-New Zealand. Funding for the Trust’s projects comes from a variety of sources, both within and outside New Zealand, and includes financial contributions from supporters, grants, sponsorship and services in kind.
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View our October 2009 newsletter
Learn about some of the Trust's recent work.
In August 2009, Trustee Bill Mansfield and Management Committee members Richard Wells, Dave Kellian and Alan Riwaka spoke candidly about the effort necessary to solve the seabird bycatch issue.
South American Fact Sheets now available
The Trust worked with Pro Delphinus of Peru to develop a Spanish-language educational resource about seabirds and bycatch for fishing communities and fishing schools in many South American countries. As part of the project, country-specific fact sheets for Peru, Ecuador, Chile and Argentina were also developed.
This project would not have been possible without the support of our generous sponsors: Marine Conservation Action Fund of the New England Aquarium, WWF-New Zealand, Encounter Kaikoura, American Bird Conservancy and NOAA.
