This review assesses the feasibility of a deepwater shark tagging programme in New Zealand waters. Firstly, it provides a general overview of current knowledge on deepwater shark age and growth, movement and habitat use, and post-release survival. Secondly, the report discusses tagging study designs and application. Lastly, an assessment gives options for a deepwater shark tagging programme in New Zealand.

The TA was carried out by the Ministry for Primary Industries to determine if LSDV is a risk in meat and meat products derived from cattle and buffaloes for human and animal consumption (except the importation of meat and bone meal for feeding to livestock).

The likelihood of entry of LSDV via meat and meat products derived from skeletal muscle devoid of lymph nodes (LNs) or other tissues (blood, offal, tendons and bone) is assessed to be negligible.
The likelihood of entry of LSDV via meat and meat products derived from skeletal muscle contaminated with parts of LNs and other tissues (blood, offal, tendons and bone), and via bone of infected cattle is assessed as very low.
The likelihood of entry of LSDV via meat and meat products derived from offal of infected cattle is assessed as medium.
Based on the available scientific literature on transmission of LSDV and the requirements of the New Zealand Biosecurity (Ruminant Protein) Regulations 1999, in the event of entry of contaminated skeletal muscle, offal or bone into New Zealand, the exposure of cattle and buffaloes to LSDV via these commodities that are intended for human and animal consumption is assessed as negligible.
Risk management measures are not justified for LSDV when cattle and buffalo meat and meat products intended for human and animal consumption are imported into New Zealand.

Keywords – Lumpy skin disease virus, lumpy skin disease, LSD, LSDV, meat, meat products, human consumption, animal consumption, pet food, cattle, buffalo

The integration of the results of spatially explicit marine science research projects can be facilitated when the different outputs use the same spatial projection and spatial grids which can nest into each other. Wood et al. (2020) used an equal area projection for the New Zealand marine environment and proposed a central point through which all grids should intersect. We provide the R code and reference to an R package which creates such grids as a baseline for future researchers.

This report presents available New Zealand commercial fishery catch-at-age data for hake (Merluccius australis) caught by trawl and ling (Genypterus blacodes) caught by trawl and longline, up to the 2019–20 fishing year, and bottom trawl survey catch-at-age data sets for both species up to the summer 2020-21.

It’s important to follow New Zealand law. That means you must declare or dispose of risk goods at our international borders. You might have goods with you that could be carrying pests and diseases. These pests and diseases could cause millions of dollars in damage to our country’s environment and economy.

This report reviews the suitability of the FracLEACH parameter used to estimate the proportion of nitrogen (N) applied to agricultural land that is lost via leaching and runoff of N. The current inventory methodology employs a uniform FracLEACH of 0.07 of key N inputs, which is used for estimating a proportion of the indirect nitrous oxide emissions from agriculture.