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Chinook salmon
NIWA is working with major Chinook salmon producers to explore alternative farming technologies that circumvent the need for additional inshore marine farming space. -
Aquaculture nutrition
ServiceNutrition underpins the performance of fish stocks in terms of health, growth (production) and reproduction. -
Aquaculture Reproduction
ServiceOne of NIWA's core areas of research and consultancy services are the broodstock development of aquaculture species and breeding strategy. -
Innovative Methods in Tackling Pest Fish: The Power of Sound and Light
Publication article20 March 2025Could bubbles and strobe lights stop pest fish swimming where they’re not wanted? -
The Bio-Acoustic Fish Fence
Research ProjectInvestigating the effectiveness of an acoustic bubble-screen in minimising the movement of pest fish -
What do kittens and blue cod have in common?
Media release15 March 2024Strange fish behaviour has been captured by NIWA scientists -
NIWA Biodiversity Memoir 136 - The Marine Biota of Aotearoa NZ
New Zealand’s marine biodiversity checklist has been updated, representing an increase of 3,630 known living species since the turn of the century. -
NIWA solves seafloor mystery
Media release18 September 2023NIWA scientists have discovered the origins of cryptic markings found in Aotearoa New Zealand’s deep sea. -
NIWA’s freshwater ecologists helping regional councils remove the barriers to fish migration
News article21 June 2023About 76 per cent of indigenous freshwater fish species, that’s 39 out of 54, are threatened with extinction or at risk of becoming threatened. -
Researchers to unveil Antarctic secrets
Media release11 January 2023As New Zealanders search for the summer sun, 38 researchers and crew will board RV Tangaroa tomorrow for a six-week science voyage deep into the waters of Antarctica. -
What’s in a fish’s ear?
Feature story31 May 2022The tiny ear bone of a fish holds a wealth of information. Gather enough and you get a snapshot of what’s happening beneath the waves. Stuart Mackay explains. -
Chasing deepsea shadows
Feature story30 May 2022Mia Blyth catches up with a marine biologist hunting for ocean ghosts.