Fisheries

Balancing the sustainability of our fisheries stocks and the impacts of fishing on the environment with the economic opportunities

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    Ecosystem influences on snapper

    Research Project
    NIWA has a number of projects that are allowing us to better understand the interaction between snapper and their environment over their life cycle.
    Fisheries

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    Summer Series 3: A mako shark named Carol

    News article
    07 January 2013
    The mako shark is fast and fascinating. The shortfin mako, Isurus oxyrinchus, has been recorded swimming at speeds of about 100km/h.
    Fisheries

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    A haul of hoki.

    Fisheries and EcoConnect

    Service
    EcoConnect provides the New Zealand fishing industry with a unique operational decision-making tool to help mitigate commercial, operational, and environmental risk.

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    Kiwi great whites cross the ditch to Bondi

    News article
    26 September 2012
    Fisheries

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    NIWA goes deeper than ever before, and finds new strange-looking fish

    News article
    23 July 2012
    Fisheries

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    2012 - Secrets of the orange roughy

    News article
    19 July 2012
    Moored underwater cameras have exposed the secret lives of orange roughy nearly 900 metres below the ocean surface.
    Estuaries
    Voyages

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    Fisheries

    Spatial Population Modelling

    Service
    The Spatial Population Model (SPM) can model populations over one or two areas, as well as populations in many hundreds of areas.
    Fisheries

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    Fiordland ROV footage

    Fisheries
    Marine flora
    Marine invertebrates

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    First-of-its-kind study finds wild mussel beds may recover

    News article
    13 March 2012

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    Southern Blue Whiting Fishery

    Fisheries

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    Ecosystem Effects and Mitigation of the Toothfish Fishery

    Understanding the potential effects of Antarctic toothfish fisheries on Ross Sea ecosystem
    Antarctica
    Fisheries
    Oceans

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    Fisheries environmental impacts

    NIWA will be determining the impact of fisheries on the aquatic environment. This will inform an ecosystem-based approach to fisheries management and the development methods to mitigate this impact.