Women in Seafood

Celebrating Wahine Toa Across Our Marine Industry

Women have always played an important role in New Zealand's fishing and seafood industry - across vessels, operations, management, science, ownership, processing, trade and industry leadership.

This section recognises that contribution and supports greater visibility for the women helping shape the future of seafood and aquaculture in Aotearoa and across Australasia.

"Bloody Good Coffee"

Claire Webber

Claire Webber Executive Officer of the South Australian Sardine Industry Association UPDATE: 5 APRIL 2024 Women are an important component...
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Women in Seafood January 2018

January 2018 and time to press pause and reflect on the women in seafood we have profiled to date. Each...
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Jean Kibblewhite

Jean Kibblewhite and Antonia Workman run the office of Splashzone Marine Limited and have been on the job for years....
'Meet up with Coromandel and Whitianga fishers, as part of the Snapper One Collective'

Ali Undorf-Lay

ALI UNDORF-LAY I am passionate about the sea and keen to take the mystery out of what happens when a...
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Ellen Kibblewhite – Fisher

In the summer of 2012 I had my first taste of Cray fishing off our family farm, Whangaehu in the...