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Posted on 25 August 2017

Article in Seafood NZ magazine

The latest issue has a feature about our research, what it means for fishing and aquaculture, the diverse stakeholders involved, and what the Challenge is trying to achieve.

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Credit: Dave Allen NIWA

Posted on 18 August 2017

New expertise for leadership team

We are pleased to announce that Conrad Pilditch and Janet Stephenson have joined the Science Leadership Team, bringing both continuity and new blood.

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Spatially-explicit decision support tools
Credit: Crispin Middleton NIWA 2018

Posted on 03 August 2017

Seafood industry conference

Three of our researchers presented at the conference’s Technical Day (2 August). The day was attended by around 80 representatives from industry, government agencies, researchers, and experts.

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Incorporation of indigenous approaches to guardianship and stewardship in Canada Credit Zack Embree Greenpeace
Credit: Zack Embree Greenpeace

Posted on 26 July 2017

Lessons learned from Canada

A recently published paper in AlterNative identifies 5 elements to consider when developing ecosystem-based management (EBM) for Aotearoa. Our project investigating indigenous approaches to EBM completed in early 2017.

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Tipping points in ecosystem structure function and services

Posted on 18 July 2017

Tipping Points hosts interdisciplinary workshop

15 PhD students and postdocs from across New Zealand came together to discuss estuarine science and share ideas, as they developed sampling plans for the national Tipping Points experiment.

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Sediment tolerance and mortality thresholds of benthic habitats

Posted on 04 July 2017

Sediment and seabed species

Experiments have begun investigating the effect of sedimentation from human activities on offshore seabed species.

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Posted on 19 May 2017

Video: Working together

This video explains what we're about; how we are working with Māori, government, industry, NGOs and communities; and what we mean by ecosystem-based management (EBM).

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Credit: Ayushi Kachhara NIWA 2018

Posted on 08 May 2017

Sustainable Seas community comes together at inaugural conference

77 researchers came together in Wellington on 2–3 May for our first annual conference.

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Posted on 01 October 2015

Request for Proposals - Tangaroa and Vision Mātauranga programmes

Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge Request for Proposals for projects in the Tangaroa and Vision Mātauranga programmes.

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Credit: Ayushi Kachhara NIWA 2018

Posted on 06 September 2015

Call for expressions of interest for Science Programme Leader roles

Expressions of Interest are invited for the Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge Science Programme Leader Managed Seas role.

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Enhancing EBM practices
Credit: Ayushi Kachhara NIWA 2018

Posted on 09 July 2015

Presentation to the New Zealand Marine Sciences conference

Dr Julie Hall recently made a presentation on the Sustainable Seas Science Challenge to the New Zealand Marine Science Conference.  

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