by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
Tīkapa Moana the Hauraki Gulf is a national taonga that surrounds Aotearoa New Zealand’s most populous region. It has been under stress for many decades. The stressors on the marine environment of Tīkapa Moana the Hauraki Gulf are multifaceted, cumulative and...
by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
Māui dolphins are endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand and are found on the west coast of the North Island. The New Zealand Government recently developed a ‘spatially explicit fisheries risk assessment’ (SEFRA) that maps the distribution of Māui dolphins and compares it to...
by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
In response to a rapidly changing ocean impacted by marine temperature extremes and shifting currents, a new ocean monitoring and forecast programme is underway in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Moana Project is in its early stages and aims to increase understanding of how...
by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
Pāua refers to three species of edible sea snail: the black-foot pāua (Haliotis iris), the yellow-foot pāua (Haliotis australis) and the white-foot pāua (Haliotis virginea). All three are endemic to the waters around Aotearoa New Zealand and have important cultural...
by EllenR | Feb 21, 2021 | Case studies – Fish
Shared aspirations for a more precise alternative to full-contact bottom trawling within Aotearoa New Zealand’s fishing industry led to the design of a new harvesting technology, Precision Seafood Harvesting. The collaborative project between Moana New Zealand,...
