Fisheries

The spread of Bonamia ostreae from Marlborough Sounds to oyster farms in Big Glory Bay (Stewart Island) could spread to the valuable wild oyster population.

The Ross Sea Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the Southern Ocean will help further research into the ecology of Antarctic toothfish.

Concrete structures key to restoring the paua population wiped out by earthquake.

Local hapū and NIWA are working together to find out more about juvenile freshwater eels or tuna in streams connecting to the Wairua River in the Wairoa catchment in Northland.

Tuna is a generic Māori word for freshwater eels. The word will be used interchangeably in this resource.

NIWA has transformed 1.5 million square kilometres of data into the most accurate and detailed map yet of the land underneath the sea around New Zealand.

Currently, the most reliable method to estimate the age of tuna is by examination of their otoliths or "ear bones"

Casal2 is an advanced software package developed by NIWA for modelling the population dynamics of marine species.

Rig shark is an important inshore commercial fish species in New Zealand, and we need to understand more about their habitats, movements, nursery grounds and vulnerability to human impacts to ensure they are managed sustainably and their productivity is enhanced.

NIWA is today issuing some scientific information on the parasite Bonamia ostreae, recently discovered in Big Glory Bay, Stewart Island, and the risk it poses to the Bluff oyster fishery.

Commercial eel fishery in New Zealand began in earnest in the 1960s and expanded rapidly until the early 1970s

NIWA collects a vast range of environmental information about New Zealand’s environment from the sky to the seafloor.