PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: New Zealand’s first marine conservation visual library Royalty free use for conservation purposes Bringing issues hidden out of sight into the spotlight Photo Credit / Project Kahurangi IMAGERY THAT RESONATES The issues facing the ocean are not new. For decades scientists have been signalling the unprecedented loss of […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: Deficiencies in data are making protection difficult Public sightings are providing vital information 650+ manta sightings reported in New Zealand waters TE WHAI RAHI OCEANIC MANTA RAYS With powerful wingspans of up to seven metres wide, these ocean wanderers don’t let their enormous two-tonne frame weigh them down, […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Funding Status: Location: Restoring native climate-resilient kelp in Lyttelton Harbour Collaboration between science, iwi, sport and conservation Kelp plays a vital role in a healthy marine ecosystem Photo Credit / John Kottier DEVELOPING CLIMATE RESILIENT KELP IN WHAKARAUPŌ LYTTELTON In the South Island, kelp forests face different challenges than in the […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: One of New Zealand’s greatest conservation success stories Southern right whales are now facing a new threat – the changing climate Research from the the world’s first global circumpolar study is being use to aid decison making and policy Photo Credit / Richard Robinson The Southern Right Whale […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: Kelp reefs in Hauraki Gulf = est. $8million in carbon storage Kelp forests provide important stores of carbon Investigating the long-term fate of carbon fixed by kelp Photo Credit / Josie Mason IS KELP CLIMATE’SNEXT SUPERHERO? It’s possible the ocean’s kelp forests have unrealised potential which could prove […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: An innovative solution to detect illegal fishing Monitoring underwater sounds to track boat movements Trials are happening at Goat Island marine reserve USING TARINGA TO DETECT ILLEGAL FISHING Illegal fishing is an urgent issue for the health of the world’s ocean, including here in New Zealand. Currently, detection […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: Building connection with the moana through traditional voyaging and wayfinding Finding the intersection of science and mātauranga Engaging rangatahi with the marine environment and developing their skills to be good kaitiaki Photo Credit / Te Toki Voyaging Trust SHARING MĀTAURANGA Aotearoa New Zealand’s story is intrinsically linked to […]
PROJECTS / Project Summary Project Status: Location: They’re on the fast track to extinction – 2,300 of these birds are being lost each year. Their #1 threat is seabird bycatch through surface long-line fishing. These deaths are preventable through the use of ‘3 out of 3’ proven mitigation techniques, including setting fishing lines at night, adding […]
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