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Posted on 04 August 2023
Kina removal shows promising outcomes for kelp forests
A trial in Tōtaranui (Queen Charlotte Sound) has shown that removing kina from kina barrens can lead to the return of kelp and seaweed species.
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Posted on 14 October 2022
Media statement: Report reveals continuing pressure on our marine environment
The Our marine environment report 2022, released this week by the Ministry for the Environment and Stats NZ, says while there are efforts underway to protect and restore the marine…
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Posted on 12 October 2022
Te Au o Te Moana - Voice of the Ocean: Chris Cornelisen
Chris Cornelisen is Chief Science Capability Officer at Cawthron Institute, part of the leadership team of Sustainable Seas, and theme leader for EBM in action.
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Posted on 06 July 2022
Te Au o Te Moana - Voice of the Ocean: Vera Rullens
Vera Rullens is a researcher based in Melbourne who works with Sustainable Seas through the University of Waikato.
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Posted on 17 June 2022
User guide for EBM tools released
We’ve developed a handy user guide that brings together tools we have developed and/or used for ecosystem-based management (EBM). It includes guidelines, frameworks, and numerical and conceptual models.
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Posted on 13 June 2022
Seafood Magazine: Doing business by ‘doing good’
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - June 2022: ‘Restorative marine economies’ are practical models that foster new investments and business enterprises aiming to reverse environmental degradation and protect natural…
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Posted on 08 June 2022
Te Au o Te Moana - Voice of the Ocean: Eva Siwicka
Eva Siwicka is a post-doctoral research fellow at the University of Auckland, working on the Modelling restorative economies project.
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Posted on 11 April 2022
Seafood Magazine: Exploring what pāua fishery investors need to know
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - April 2022Researchers from the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge are working with an east coast pāua fishery to identify and assess…
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Posted on 18 February 2022
Education resource: Restoring kuku beds
The team behind the Awhi Mai Awhi Atu project are bringing together mātauranga Māori and western science to help understand the degrading harbour and aid the recovery of the once abundant…
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Posted on 01 January 2022
Seafood Magazine: Harvesting bioactives from seastars to save kuku/mussel beds
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - December 2021:An over-abundance of pātangaroa (11-armed seastars) is causing a dramatic decline in populations of kuku/kutai (mussels), pipi and cockles in coastal…
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Posted on 10 December 2021
Workshop on targets and limits with Ministry for the Environment
On 10 December, we ran a workshop with officials from the Ministry for the Environment's estuaries team on limits and targets.
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Posted on 01 November 2021
Seafood Magazine: Seaweed could be a game changer
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - October 2021:A prosperous rimurimu/seaweed sector has massive potential to improve the health and well-being of Aotearoa New Zealand, new research shows.
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