Peter Burling & Blair Tuke acknowledged with BLAKE Leader Award
Read time: 2 min Article Summary Live Ocean co-founders Peter Burling and Blair Tuke have tonight been announced as BLAKE Leaders, recognised alongside seven others at the prestigious annual BLAKE Awards ceremony held in Auckland. While Peter and Blair are accustomed to winning medals, trophies and awards, the BLAKE Leader Award recognises their contribution as […]
Hugo Charitable Trust Supports Globally Significant Blue Carbon Research
Read time: 2 min Article Summary With the help of the Hugo Charitable Trust, Live Ocean can support the work of Dr. Caitlin Blain from the University of Auckland to investigate how kelp forests contribute to coastal carbon cycles. Researchers know the majority of the carbon fixed by kelp through photosynthesis is being released back […]
New Zealand Brings in Gold Standard Fishing Practices to Keep Seabirds Safe
Read time: 2 min Article Summary Aotearoa has taken a world-leading step with the news New Zealand will adopt gold standard fishing practices to keep our seabirds safe from accidental capture and will use all three mitigation techniques or hook shielding devices. The Antipodean albatross is on the fast track to extinction with DOC estimating approximately […]