On 1 July 2025, NIWA merged with GNS Science to become Earth Sciences New Zealand.

Aquaculture

Supporting the sustainable growth of New Zealand’s aquaculture industry.

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    Chemical contamination and aquaculture

    What are the potential sources of chemical contamination from aquaculture activities?
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    Al Brown's Hapuku Recipe

    Al Brown is an award-winning chef, co-owner of Wellington’s Logan Brown restaurant, television presenter on Hunger for the Wild, writer, and fisherman.
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    Mitigation and best practice options

    Some simple steps to minimise the effects of aquaculture activities on water quality and mahinga kai.
  • Al Brown - How to Cook Hapuku

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    Tuna aquaculture - New Zealand

    New Zealand's first eel farm was established in 1971. Despite other farms opening in later years, no eel farms remained by the start of the 1980s.
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    Seafood sector

    NIWA's seafood sector work comprises our fish, fisheries and aquaculture research and consultancy.
  • World-leading climate change research

    News article
    Effects of climate change on fish are being studied at NIWA's Northland Marine Research Centre.
  • Critter of the Week: an exciting discovery, the Vesicomyidae clam

    A paper has just been published this month revealing the exciting discovery of an undescribed species of clam from the family Vesicomyidae.
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    NIWA science delves into ocean acidification

    Media release
    NIWA scientists are to undertake a major research project to determine how New Zealand’s marine ecosystems are faring under climate change.
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    NIWA flexes its mussels

    Media release
    NIWA researchers have designed and built a machine that measures the strength of mussel shells that is partly based on the same technology used to open and close irrigation gates.
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    Ocean acidification - what does it mean for shellfish?

    News article
    A video has been produced to show how NIWA and a range of partners are collaborating to understand global ocean acidification and how increasing ocean acidity is affecting shellfish and the aquaculture industry.
  • A Different Kettle of Fish

    Take a look inside NIWA's facilities - the species, the science and the future of our aquaculture industry.