Atmospheric analysis

The first six months of 2016 are set to be the warmest ever start to the year, according to NIWA’s long-term seven-station temperature series.

NIWA Meteorologist Ben Noll takes a north-to-south look at the record-breaking warm temperatures experienced by Kiwis during the winter solstice.

Sea ice-based toothfish surveys have been carried out in McMurdo Sound since 2014.

A bibliography of some of the journal papers and CCAMLR Working Group papers published about the toothfish fishery.

The fishery is managed differently depending on the region and specific environmental protection and fishery management objectives in the region.

Find out about the role of toothfish in the ecosystem and the potential effects of fishing.

A survey series in the Southern Ross Sea was started in 2011 to index juvenile abundance.

CCAMLR sets annual catch limits, using a stock assessment model.

Find out more about the toothfish fishery, including its history, catch, sea ice influences and fishery operational requirements.

Find out about the biology of the Antarctic toothfish.

Find out more about fisheries in the Southern Ocean, New Zealand's role, and fisheries management.

NIWA’s Antarctic fisheries research is allowing us to investigate possible effects of the longline Antarctic toothfish fishery on the toothfish population and on the local ecosystem.