Posts by Donna Wells

Director, Fathom Consulting Ltd 2024 PROFILE UPDATE I’ve been involved in fisheries policy for over 25 years now and it’s interesting to look back and see what the fishing industry has been able to achieve and what we haven’t managed to do (yet).  We’ve achieved a lot in terms of industry responsibility for fisheries management –…

Betty Pinkney (1936 – 2023) Updated 2024 With deepest respect, we advise that our lovely Betty passed away on 20 October 2023. Kohukohu won’t be the same.  Betty passed away peacefully with all her family at her side. Thank you for all you did to serve this industry, Betty; to make a path which made…

Jenny Cooper Marketing and strategic business Manager – Westhaven Marketing Ltd. Profile Update: March 2024 After completing a B.Com(Ag) majoring in Economics and marketing, my career  has always been involved in marketing and exporting primary products: Processed : berryfruit, dairy and shellfish. Researching and understanding food in a variety of food applications and targeted  food sectors…

PROFILE UPDATE: MARCH 2024 KATHERINE SHORT TERRA MOANA LIMITED – NEW ZEALAND Coming from a maritime family, I have been in, on, and under the water all my life. Although I loved living in Switzerland where I worked for WWF International, being away from the ocean was desiccating and so I came home. Having spent nearly…

Fleur Sullivan Update 2024 – As a Woman In Seafood On the 6th December 2021 my 13 employees had to decide to have a Covid vax or not, so we could legally “ stay open “ and follow the Government mandate for restaurants like mine. (We had had information from local Doctors and the Nurses who…

Claire Webber Executive Officer of the South Australian Sardine Industry Association UPDATE: 5 APRIL 2024 Women are an important component of the seafood industry and their hard work deserves recognition. They contribute to the sustainability, profitability and successful operation of our commercial fishing and the seafood supply chains and the value that diversity brings to…

January 2018 and time to press pause and reflect on the women in seafood we have profiled to date. Each and every one of these ladies has a role and a place in the seafood industry and these stories need to be heard.  It has been great to be able to promote them and the many…

Jean Kibblewhite and Antonia Workman run the office of Splashzone Marine Limited and have been on the job for years. Toni, who came on board with an extensive background and experience in the fishing industry, 25 years of office work and training with Wellington Trawling and a clear understanding of species, the QMS, MHR’s, ACE…

ALI UNDORF-LAY I am passionate about the sea and keen to take the mystery out of what happens when a vessel disappears behind the horizon line and starts catching fish. If people know where we work and why we do things the way we do, and that our industry is science based and sophisticated, it’s…

In the summer of 2012 I had my first taste of Cray fishing off our family farm, Whangaehu in the Hawkes Bay and caught rock lobster destined for the Chinese market.   Launching our 9m alloy cat Lucy-c with 500hp was exciting, backing the old Ford county down the side of a reef with rocks…