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Posted on 01 February 2024
Media coverage Nov 2023 – Jan 2024
Mana, mauri, and prosperity for seafood products from Ōnuku Seafood NZ Magazine (p34) – Research undertaken with Ōnuku Rūnanga near Akaroa has found that salmon from Ōnuku (farmed for Akaroa Salmon)…
MorePosted on 19 December 2023
How to make better decisions to improve the marine environment
New research from Sustainable Seas National Science Challenge has just been released that could help inform different ways of taking care of our oceans.
MorePosted on 19 December 2023
New risk modelling can support Aotearoa’s pāua industry to adapt to climate change
The pāua industry is facing a range of challenges, as business and finance grapple with how to support the ecological role of this taonga species in our marine environment and…
MorePosted on 08 December 2023
Seafood Magazine: Mana, mauri, and prosperity for salmon products from Ōnuku
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand magazine - December 2023 “Our activities are guided by the harbour as a wāhi taonga / sacred treasure.
MorePosted on 30 October 2023
Media coverage Aug – Oct 2023
A new framework for customised marine conservation in local contextsScimex (Science Media Centre) – A new framework will not only help communities identify all the human activities impacting a particular ecosystem, but also…
MorePosted on 18 October 2023
Seafood Magazine: New 'ecosystem footprint’ research a big step toward collective action for healthy seas
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand magazine - October 2023Healthy marine ecosystems require an understanding of how ecosystems respond to stressors.
MorePosted on 10 October 2023
Marine management decisions could protect critically endangered deep-water coral from extinction
Media release Changing the way we manage Aotearoa New Zealand’s oceans could save our biodiverse-rich, critically endangered deep-water coral. Aotearoa New Zealand is a biodiversity hotspot for deep-water coral.
MorePosted on 04 October 2023
Traditional kuku (mussel) bed comes back to life in Ōhiwa Harbour thanks to mātauranga-led research project
Media release In 2007 there were 116 million kuku (mussels) in Ōhiwa Harbour in the eastern Bay of Plenty, near Whakatane.
MorePosted on 26 September 2023
Seafood Magazine: Oceans are our economic and social backbone
Shared with permission from Seafood New Zealand Magazine - August 2023The United Nations, WWF, and the World Bank Group have called it, and nations are limbering up.
MorePosted on 14 September 2023
Te Au o Te Moana - Voice of the Ocean: Dan Hikuroa
Dr Dan Hikuroa (Ngāti Maniapoto, Waikato-Tainui, Ngaati Whanaunga, Pākehā) has a PhD in Geology and is an Associate Professor in Te Wānanga o Waipapa, Māori Studies, at the Waipapa Taumata…
MorePosted on 31 August 2023
New ‘ecosystem footprint’ research to support the health of our coastal environments
Aotearoa's coastal marine ecosystems are struggling with the cumulative effects of multiple human activities and stressors that are leading to tipping points, ecological surprises, and irreversible ecosystem damage.
MorePosted on 31 August 2023
Te Au o Te Moana - Voice of the Ocean: Waiaria Rameka
This month we share the kōrero of Waiaria Rameka, co-project leader of Ngā Tohu o te Ao: Maramataka and marine management.
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