Women in Seafood
Leonie Noble – Woman in Seafood
Profile Update: 2025 This month we update with Leonie Noble, from WA. At the time of writing, Leonie is preparing for an overseas bucket list holiday with hubby and continues to actively contribute to the Australian Seafood Industry. Thanks so much for all your efforts, Leonie. Keep your star shining. Leonie’s career has been guided…
Renee Shields
Profile Update: 2025 Renee left Sealord Group in 2018, after holding positions in HR, Vessel Co-Ordinator and Fleet Harvest Manager to venture into her own business, Palm Boutique in Nelson from June 2018 to August 2022 After 5 successful years at the helm of retail store Palm Boutique, Renee sold the business to pursue her start-up company, Fundpay, as well as assisting in…
Jodie Kuntzsch
JODIE KUNTZSCH – UPDATE 2024 Like many in the seafood industry, my career path has been shaped by a deep-rooted passion for the ocean and a commitment to driving positive change in the way we interact with it. Over 20 years ago, I first arrived in New Zealand and into the world of fisheries and…
Reni Wereta-Gargiulo
Kiwi Kai Reni Wereta-Gargiulo, Owner and Business Manager Profile Update: March 2024 Humble beginnings and a love for Kai brought my father’s beautiful Raw Fish signature dish to the forefront of our Kiwi Kai business. Wind the clock another few years and Atutahi Natives is also an integral part of our business. Atutahi (my Koro)…
Rachel Taulelei
Rachel Taulelei (Ngāti Raukawa ki te Tonga, Ngāti Rarua and Ngāti Koata), CEO Kono NZ Profile Update: March 2024 Rachel is well known to the seafood industry and it’s been some years since we updated her story! But for those new to this wahine, she is a prominent business leader and a strong advocate for…
Carol Scott
Southern Inshore Fisheries Management Company Limited Carol Scott, Chief Executive Profile Update: March 2024 Carol Scott is a Graduate of the University of Tasmania and the Australian Maritime College, having worked as a Vessel Operations Manager, Resource Manager, Fisheries Extension Officer, a Technical Officer and former Women in Seafood Australasia (WISA) Director. Carol has 40 years’…
Christine Aston
Christine Aston 2024 Update It is now 8 years on since I wrote about my introduction to the fishing Industry, and much has changed for us. Back in 2012 we had brought a barge and started a part time business transporting vehicles, people and goods between French Pass and D’Urville Island, which took off in…
Diane Frost
Fishing Contract Services (commercial) Diane Frost 2024 UPDATE My involvement in the Seafood Industry is now a small role comprising some administrative and quota management work only. In 2008 I began studies and retrained as a social worker. I worked part time practicing social work alongside the fishing industry from 2011. I did continue having…
Nici Gibbs
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 – Fisher
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
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…
Katherine Short – F.L.O.W. Collaborative
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 – Fleur’s Place
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
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…
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 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…