Bonamia - the Bluff oyster bugbear

Good news for 2021: the testing found no further Bonamia ostreae!

Changes in the Foveaux Strait oyster population due to the bonamia parasite have led to new challenges for NIWA scientists.

Keith Michael discusses the work, which is part of a project funded by the Ministry of Fisheries, on managing the impact of bonamia on oyster population dynamics.