Commercial Fishing and Aquaculture Sector
A number of organisations represent the fishing industry in New Zealand. There are also a number of companies or incorporated bodies that represent commercial interests of a particular fishery or a range of fisheries.
New Zealand Federation of Commercial Fishermen
This organisation primarily represents owner operators in the fishing industry.
New Zealand Seafood Industry Council (SeaFIC)
The NZ Seafood Industry Council is a company whose shares are principally held by commercial stakeholder organisations. The shareholders elect a Board responsible for managing the business affairs of the Company. The Board is responsive to advice from the Policy Council, a forum open to participants in the commercial seafood industry. In 1997 SeaFIC took over the majority of the activities mandated by the Fishing Industry Board Act 1963. Its primary role is the promotion and development of the New Zealand seafood industry.
New Zealand Fishing Industry Guild
This organisation represents the interests of those who work on fishing boats and in fish processing plants.
Commercial fishing stakeholder companies and associations
- Bluff Oyster Management Company Ltd.
- Area 2 Inshore Finfish Management Company
- Challenger Fin Fisheries Ltd.
- Challenger Dredge Oyster Management Company Ltd.
- Challenger Scallop Enhancement Company Ltd.
- Clam Stakeholders Association
- Coromandel Scallop Fishers Association
- CRA2 Rock Lobster Company
- Eel Enhancement Company Ltd
- Hoki Fishery Management Company
- New Zealand Far Seas Tuna Fishers Association
- Northern Inshore Fisheries Company Ltd.
- Orange Roughy Management Company Ltd.
- Paua Industry Council
- Pagrus Auratus (snapper) Management Company
- Pelagic and Tuna New Zealand Ltd.
- Queen Scallop Fishery Stakeholders Group
- Rock Lobster Industry Council
- Scampi Fishery Development Company Ltd.
- Scampi Fishery Management Company Ltd.
- South East Fishery Management Company
- Snapper 8 Company Ltd.
- Squid Fishery Management Company Ltd.
- Tuna Management Association of New Zealand Inc.
New Zealand Aquaculture Council Inc
The New Zealand Aquaculture Council represents the collective interests of the New Zealand aquaculture industry. The shareholders of the Council are the NZ Mussel Industry Council, New Zealand Salmon Farmers Association, New Zealand Abalone Farmers Association, and the New Zealand Oyster Industry Association.
Marine farming stakeholder companies and associations
- New Zealand Abalone Farmers Association
- Coromandel Marine Farmers Association
- New Zealand Marine Farmers Association
- New Zealand Mussel Industry Council Ltd.
- New Zealand Oyster Industry Association
- New Zealand Salmon Farmers Association