Making Waves - March 2020

02 April 2020

Welcome to this issue of Making Waves featuring some of the stories from our Ocean Platform scientists that have appeared over the summer. 

Making Waves

In this issue

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    Epic spiny red rock lobster

    Sam Fraser-Baxter heads to the Wairarapa for one of New Zealand’s longest-running marine surveys – counting baby lobster.

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    Under the Antarctic ice

    The rich diversity of marine life near Scott Base in Antarctica has stunned scientists diving under the ice to set up environmental monitoring sites.

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    The frozen menagerie

    Just past the locks, alarms and big heavy doors is a rather macabre sight.

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    Science of the high seas

    Ever wondered what fish is served in a Filet-o-Fish at MacDonald’s? It’s hoki. Fish fingers at the supermarket? Chances are, they’ll be hoki too.

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    Giant squid and glow-in-the-dark sharks surprise scientists

    A giant squid and several glow-in-the-dark sharks were surprise finds for NIWA scientists last month on the Chatham Rise during a voyage to survey hoki, New Zealand’s most valuable commercial fish species.